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Bibi in DC for First Meeting with Trump Talks on Iran, Settlements to Take Place

From left to right: Acting Security Advisor Nagel, Military Attache to the Prime Minister Toledano, PM Netanyahu’s chief of staff Horowitz, Israeli Ambassador to the US Dermer and PM Netanyahu, at the Blair House in Washington, February 13. Netanyahu arrived on Tuesday for two days of meetings with President Trump and his cabinet members. (Avi Ohayun/GPO)

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fter years of tense relations with the United States under former President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is emerging as one of the most prominent international personalities, according to multiple sources who told the Washington Free Beacon that Democrats, Republicans, and high-level White House officials are clamoring for a sit down with the Israeli leader on his current trip to Washington. He arrived on Tuesday for two days of meetings with President Trump and his cabinet members. Senior official across party lines hope to let Netanyahu know that America has Israel's back and that years of tension during the Obama

administration is just water under the bridge, according to both congressional sources and those close to the Trump administration. Netanyahu's schedule is already packed with powwows between President Trump, senior administration officials and a cast of leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill from both sides of the aisle. Meetings will center on U.S. lawmakers' desire to reset relations with the Jewish state. Multiple sources told the Free Beacon that sit downs with White House official will focus on holding Iran accountable for violations of the nuclear deal, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and combating efforts at the United Nations to delegitimize Israel. Netanyahu is expected to meet

with Trump and other senior officia Wednesday before heading to Capitol Hill, where he will meet with leading Democrats and Republicans.

"Democrats will be anxious to show they're close to Israel as well," Ross said, adding that Netanyahu will convey the message that Israel's relationship is with America as a whole, not any one administration. Netanyahu is also expected to take separate meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), sources told the

Free Beacon. Further meetings could take place with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before Netanyahu travels to the House side of the Capitol for an evening meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.). The e is a strong desire among all parties to show Netanyahu that after nearly a decade of chilly relations during the former administration, the United States is prepared to restore the historic relationship with the Jewish state. "Netanyahu's schedule is so full that he literally can't find time for all the high level meetings people want to have with him," said one veteran foreign policy adviser who is closely in touch with the White House on Middle East issues. "The t uth of this is, it's

nature taking its course." Recent polling shows that support for Israel is at an all-time high among Democrats and Republicans. Democratic lawmakers in particular are no longer being pressured by the former administration to distance themselves from Netanyahu and Israel. "Without Obama trying to force Democratic lawmakers to choose between Israel and the United States nature is taking its course and everyone wants to see how they can help bolster the U.S.-Israel relationship," the source said. "Voters want to see this." One source characterized Netanyahu as the "cool kid in town." On Capitol Hill, senior sources fo-

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Man Convicted of Killing Etan Patz; NY Boy Missing Since 1979 By: Colleen Long

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A former store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in one of the nation’s most haunting missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop.

former store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in one of the nation’s most haunting missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop. Pedro Hernandez showed no reaction as jurors delivered their verdict. Another jury had deadlocked following 18 days of deliberation in 2015, leading to a retrial that spanned more than three months. Hernandez, who once worked in a convenience store in Etan’s neighborhood, had confessed, but his lawyers said his admissions were the false imaginings of a mentally ill man. This time, the jury deliberated over nine days before findi g Hernandez, 56, guilty of murder during a kidnapping in a case that shaped both parenting and law enforcement practices in the

United States. Some of the jurors from the fi st trial attended the second one, and several of them wept Tuesday as the verdict was read. The slain boy’s father, Stan Patz, was being comforted by the ex-jurors and appeared to wipe tears from his eyes. The Patz family and authorities may never know exactly what became of the boy. No trace of him has been found since the May day he vanished, on the fi st day he got the grown-up privilege of walking alone to the bus stop about two blocks away in a then-edgy but neighborly part of lower Manhattan. Etan became one of the fi st missing children ever pictured on milk cartons, and the anniversary of his disappearance has been designated National Missing Children’s Day. His parents lent their voices to a campaign to make missing children a national cause, and it fueled laws that established a national ho-

tline and made it easier for law enforcement agencies to share information about vanished youngsters. And his disappearance helped tilt parenting to more protectiveness in a nation where many families had felt comfortable letting children play and roam in their neighborhoods alone. “It’s a cautionary tale, a defini g moment, a loss of innocence,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi said in an opening statement. “It is Etan who will forever symbolize the loss of that innocence.” The decades long investigation took investigators as far as Israel, but Hernandez wasn’t a suspect until 2012, when renewed news coverage of the case prompted a brother-in-law to tell police that Hernandez had told a prayer group decades earlier that he’d killed a child in New York. Authorities would later learn that he’d made sim-

ilar, if not entirely consistent, remarks to a friend and his exwife in the early years after Etan vanished. After police final y came to Hernandez’ Maple Shade, New Jersey, door, he confessed, saying he’d offered Etan a soda to get him into the store basement, choked him, put him — still alive — in a box and left it with a pile of curbside trash. “Something just took over me,” Hernandez said in one of a series of recorded confessions to police and prosecutors. He said he’d wanted to tell someone, “but I didn’t know how to do it. I felt so sorry.” Prosecutors cast his confession as the chillingly believable words of a man unburdening himself, and they argued it was buttressed by the less specifi admissions he’d made earlier to his relatives and acquaintances. Defense lawyers and doctors portrayed Hernandez as man with psychological problems and

intellectual limitations that made him struggle to tell reality from fantasy — and made him susceptible to confessing falsely after more than six hours of questioning before recording began. His daughter testified that he talked about seeing visions of angels and demons and once watered a dead tree branch, believing it would grow. “Pedro Hernandez is an odd, limited and vulnerable man,” defense lawyer Harvey Fishbein said in his closing argument. “Pedro Hernandez is an innocent man.” Prosecutors have suggested Hernandez faked or exaggerated his symptoms. Defense lawyers also pointed to a different man who was long the prime suspect — a convicted Pennsylvania child molester who made incriminating remarks about Etan’s case in the 1990s and who had dated a woman acquainted with the Patzes. He was never charged and denies killing Etan. (AP)

LI Planning Commission Gives Approval to Heartland Mega Project By: Benyamin Davidson

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he Suffolk County Planning Commission voted and unanimously approved the fi st phase of a $4 billion Heartland Town Square mixed-use redevelopment. The meeting, held on February 1, was the second part of a public hearing in Riverhead. Members listened to numerous speakers discuss pertinent topics such as the effect such a big project would have on traffic and waste water. The next step to move the project forward will be a public hearing for Islip’s town board. It will be up to the Town Board to rezone the prop-

erty and approve the required site plan and building permits. In August Islip’s planning board recommended to approve the fi st phase of the ambitious project. As reported by LI Business News, the mixed-use redevelopment in Brentwood, which is on the former Pilgrim State psychiatric hospital property, is one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken in Long Island. Th project’s first phase is anticipated to build 400,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of offic space, and over 3,000 apartments, completing about a third of the redevelopment site. The fi st phase may take up to 10 years to complete.

The mixed-use redevelopment in Brentwood, which is on the former Pilgrim State psychiatric hospital property, is one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken in Long Island. The project’s first phase is anticipated to build 400,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of office space, and over 3,000 apartments, completing about a third of the redevelopment site. The first phase may take up to 10 years to complete.

The Heartland redevelopment in its entirety, eventually aspires to build 1 million square feet of retail space, over 3 million square feet of offices and 9,100 apartments at the Brentwood site. The 460-acre redevelopment site was purchased by developer Gerald Wolkoff from the state, fi een years ago for $ $20.1 million. Mr. Wolkoff says the project will produce about 23,000 permanent jobs and more than 1,500 construction jobs annually throughout its building time, which may possibly span over three decades. A majority of Brentwood community members offered support for the Heartland project. There were objections from

other Suffolk communities in the January meeting. Many of the meeting’s attendees were members of Long Island’s building trades unions. Th y came to request a labor agreement for the project and a law that would obligate the developers to give local construction workers preference when hiring. Richard O’Kane, President of the Nassau-Suffolk Building Trades Council, has said that Wolkoff has not been flexible with the unions in previous meetings. Wolkoff has previously stated that Heartland will be constructed with mostly union workers, but has also said that he did not want to be chained during the hiring process.

Terror Victim Asks Feds to Seize 650 Fifth Ave from Iranian Nonprofit By Rebecca Gold

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n Thursday, February 9, in New York federal court, a complaint was filed that asked the federal government to seize the tower located at 650 Fifth Avenue from a nonprofit organization that has alleged strong connections with the Iranian government. This is just the most recent move in a legal war that has been going on for a decade between the U.S. government and the Alavi Foundation, for

Their argument is that the funds should come from the federal government selling off Alavi s assets and giving the proceeds to terror victims.

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control of the 36-fl or offi building with an approximate value of $1 billion. The U.S. Supreme Court might hear a related case. In the complaint filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court, plaintiffs Jeremy Levin, who was kidnapped by an Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militia group, Hezbollah, in 1984, and his wife Lucille claim that they are owed $34.4 million from a judgment in 2008 related to state-sanctioned terrorism. Their argument is that the funds should come from the federal government selling off Alavi’s assets and giving the proceeds to terror victims. In January, Levin, who escaped close to a year in captivity, obtained a writ of execution against the defendants’ assets, which included the 36-story Arts and Culture Book Review Business and Technology Classified

office ower. The Real Deal reports, “Alavi owns 60 percent of 650 Fifth Avenue, and the U.S. government holds a 40 percent stake in the building after previously seizing it from the Assa Corporation, an entity linked to Iran’s national bank. The Levin case has for years slowly snaked its way through appeals courts, along with a number of other lawsuits that seek to seize Iranian assets in the U.S. to satisfy damages from state-sponsored terror attacks. Tomorrow, plaintiffs in a related case, Kirschenbaum v. Alavi Foundation, have a deadline to respond to Alavi petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court hears the case and rules in its favor, Alavi could effectively shut the door on the federal government’s attempts

to fully seize the office tower, which was nearly successful a few years ago. Following a 2013 ruling in U.S. District court that favored the federal government — and one that consolidated Kirschenbaum’s and Levin’s cases — Alavi’s U.S. properties were placed under the control of a court-appointed monitor, a former federal judge.” Alavi went into an agreement for a joint venture with SL Green Realty and Jeff Sutton’s Wharton Properties, before it lost control of the building, to get a 49-year leasehold for the tower’s retail portion. The property was seized while the deal was in process when the building was seized. Th deal was soon closed once the U.S. government, Alavi and the former federal judge who had been appointed to oversee

Alavi’s stake all agreed to its terms. TRD reports, “In July 2016, the Second Circuit of Appeals overturned the U.S. District Court’s decision, and found that the government prosecutor had presented insuffici t evidence that Alavi knowingly partnered with a sanctioned entity — Iran. Following the surprising decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, most of Alavi’s U.S. properties were returned, with the exception of 650 Fifth Avenue. Because Assa’s 40 percent interest in 650 Fifth Avenue has been forfeited to the federal government, the building is still overseen by the court appointed monitor. Alavi remains the majority owner, but the forfeited portion controlled by the government is at 650 Fifth Avenue in New York risk of being sold.” City (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

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Greenberg Demands Apology from AG in AIG Civil-Fraud Allegations Case By: Brent Scher

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ormer AIG chief Hank Greenberg agreed to pay a $9 million settlement to New York on Friday, bringing his nearly 12-year legal battle with the state attorney's general offic to a far from amicable conclusion.

Boies said that Schneiderman's case "had totally collapsed at trial," which is why it "agreed to dismiss all of its claims for a new settlement of $9 million." The case, which was controversially launched by then-attorney general Eliot Spitzer in 2005, initially sought $6 billion in damages from Greenberg, alleging nine counts of fin ncial fraud. By the time Greenberg took the stand last September the state was down to seeking

$50 million and alleging just two counts of fraud. The way that the settlement was announced on Friday illustrates how much bad blood remains between the sides following mediation. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman treated the $9 million settlement as a victory, blindsiding Greenberg's legal team with a statement claiming that Greenberg "admitted his role" in fraudulent transactions, a claim that Greenberg's lawyer says is false. "Today's agreement settles the indisputable fact that Mr. Greenberg has denied for twelve years: that Mr. Greenberg orchestrated two transactions that fundamentally misrepresented AIG's fin nces," said Schneiderman in a statement. "After over a decade of delays, defle tions, and denials by Mr. Greenberg, we are pleased that Mr. Greenberg has final y admitted to his role in these fraudulent transactions and will personally pay

Former AIG chief Hank Greenberg agreed to pay a $9 million settlement to New York on Friday, bringing his nearly 12-year legal battle with the state attorney's general office to a far from amicable conclusion.

$9 million to the State of New York." Greenberg's lawyer immediately called Schneiderman's statement "false and misleading," pointing out that Greenberg's statement in the settlement makes no mention of any transaction being fraudulent.

any reference to any accounting being fraudulent, let alone that Mr. Greenberg was aware of any fraud." Boies said that Schneiderman's case "had totally collapsed at trial," which is why it "agreed to dismiss all of its claims for a new settlement of $9 million." He also pointed out that the mediator failed to grant Schneiderman his other demands in the case, such as a court-ordered ban on Greenberg serving on the board of directors for any public company in the future. Greenberg also issued a statement after Schneiderman's, making the argument that he has been calling for mediated settlement talks for years but that it was only agreed to after the court trial revealed the "obvious weakness of the attorney general's case." "I want to reiterate and reaffi m that I did nothing wrong while at AIG," said Greenberg.

"The press release issued by the offic of the New York Attorney General today concerning their dismissal of their 12-yearold lawsuit against Maurice Greenberg is false and misleading," said lawyer David Boies. "Nowhere in the agreed statement by Mr. Greenberg is there See Greenberg Challenges 12-Year , page 36

What Will NY’s Electric Grid Look Like in the Next Decade? By Ilana Siyance

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he state of New York has the seventh-highest residential prices for electricity in the United States, paying 18.28 cents per kilowatt-hour, according to a study in October by the United States Energy Information Administration. Con Ed’s rates for New York City are even higher at 24.736 cents per kilowatt-hour. NYC pays the second highest rates in the country, trailing only behind Hawaii’s 27.54 cents. Thecheapest electricity in the Nation is offered in Louisiana at 9.33 cents, Geor-

In 2015, 64 plants that use natural gas provided nearly 50% of the electricity in NYS, and four nuclear plants produced roughly 30% of the electricity.

gia at 11.07 cents, and California at 13.94 cents. This has prompted the attention of a recent NY Times article deliberating whether NY is getting electricity in the most efficient manner, and what can be done to improve the system. As per Richard L. Kauffman, who is leading the state’s plans to reimagine the power grid, “We have a system which is energy-inefficie t because it was never designed to be effici t”. A big bulk of the system is idle, and exists only as a backup for the hottest days of the year, when lines reach their physical capacity. The system’s backbone is 11,124 miles of high-voltage lines running overhead and underground that carry electricity to local utilities. Transmission lines can overheat or shut down if too much power fl ws through them. Th y are also not immune to the elements. More than 80% of the lines date back to 1980 or earlier.

percent to 2.4 percent rate hike in the next three years. A typical city resident who uses 300 kilowatt-hours per month will pay approximately $80.30, up from $78.52. In 2015, 64 plants that use natural gas provided nearly 50% of the electricity in NYS, and four nuclear plants produced roughly 30% of the electricity. The e are also 180 hydroelectric facilities, which accounted for 19% of the state’s electricity, and which remain vital for clean power production. Governor Cuomo has set a lofty goal to produce half of The state of New York has the seventh-highest residential prices the state’s electricity from renewfor electricity in the United States, paying 18.28 cents per able sources here or imported kilowatt-hour, according to a study in October by the United from Canada and New England, States Energy Information Administration by 2030. Energy use is projected The New York Independent cost roughly $25 billion. Con Ed, to fl tten or even decrease over System Operator (Nyiso), a non- the State’s largest utility, requested the next ten years, due to more profit that runs the state’s grid and a rate increase to off et its $1.3 effici t appliances and better power markets, estimates that billion project to modernize and insulated buildings. Still the goal nearly 5,000 miles of transmission repair its distribution networks. seems out of reach, as less than lines will need to be replaced over After a nearly five-year freeze, this See What Will NY’s Electric, page 38 the next 30 years, which would January the State approved a 2.3

Pace University to Spend $190M to Upgrade its Manhattan Campus By: Natasha Spyer

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ace University has plans in store for a $190 million dollar expansion and renovation effort of its lower Manhattan campus. Construction is expected to last for about a year. Pace will be in good company, as the New School, Columbia, and New York University make way for their own renovations. The fi st leg of Pace’s project will include a $45 million dollar project that will begin this summer and will likely be completed in the autumn of 2018. The effort will take place at 1 Pace Plaza and 41 Park Row and will include a new student center, an art gallery, and student commons. At 41 Park Row, Pace University will restore the original entrance to the building which was formerly located on Spruce Street, that art gallery

will be on the fi st fl or and the student commons is set to be on the second fl or. University president Stephen Friedman said in a statement regarding the renovations. “Pace University is proud to be a longtime anchor of the Lower Manhattan community…channeling our consistent growth and the transformation of the dynamic lower Manhattan community, we are advancing an exciting plan that invests in our future by re-creating our campus to refle t the aspirations of our students.” The construction project, which is scheduled to be carried out in three separate phases, is named “Opportunitas: Embracing the Future.” It is part of the university’s 20152016 strategic plan. The principle reason for the project is a steady increase is the general expansion of Pace’s enrollment,

discussed the concept for the renewed campus. “Our goal was to create a master plan that matches the clarity and aspirations of Opportunitas: Embracing the Future… the plan responds to the needs of today’s learners, fosters an increased sense of community, and encourages engagement. We focused on student-centric solutions to activate, reveal and connect spaces and places at Pace.” According to the equality of opportunity project, Pace is ranked as the most effective higher education institution in Pace University has plans in store for a $190 million dollar expansion and renovation effort of its lower Manhattan campus. New York and second in the nation in facilitating the rise of Construction is expected to last for about a year. its student body from the botthe growth of its faculty and its student life. “Opportunitas: tom fi h of income distribuadded programs in business, Embracing the Future” will tion into the top 20 percent of earners in their early thirties. the performing arts, the arts seek to bridge the gap. Sylvia Smith, Senior Partner The new campus will add a viand sciences, technology and care. The size and construction of FXFOWLE, the construction brantly classy backdrop to the of the campus has not kept up company that will begin the re- institution’s successful ongoing to speed with the burgeoning modeling effort in the summer mission.

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Nazi Looted 17th Century Painting Returned to Jewish Heirs at NY Museum By: Hadassa Kalatizadeh

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tives of the Dr. and Mrs. Max Stern Foundation, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. As per the Associated Press, the 17th century oil painting by Dutch master Jan Franse Verzijl, was entitled “Young Man As Bacchus”. Since the recovery initiative began in the late 1990s, this is the 16th piece returned from Stern’s extensive collection. Recovering the art has been a difficult process, primarily because not all countries have cooperated in recognizing the theft. Further, many current art owners inherit pieces from older generations, and may be unacquainted with their origin. This painting in particular was seized by FBI agents at a NYC art fair in 2015, after Italian gallery owners consigned it for

sale, unaware of its past. NYS’s Department of Financial Services runs a six-person Holocaust Claims Processing Offi , to track down art, bank accounts and insurance claims stolen by the Nazis. The department’s superintendent, Maria Vullo, said the recovery of this painting “is but a small symbol of justice to those who suffered in the unspeakable horrors of the holocaust.” After being exiled, Stern moved to Montreal, Canada, and again became a prominent art dealer. He died in 1987, bestowing his assets, including any recovered artwork, to the foundation under his name and its three benefici ries: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Concordia University and McGill University both in Canada.

NYC Appeals Court Supports Ruling Over Salt Content in Restaurants By: Caitlin Smith

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New York State court of appeals has upheld a ruling that will require chain restaurants to post warnings on their menu’s on foods with excessive salt contents. A Manhattan Supreme court justice Eileen Rakower originally supported the initiative, citing in her decision that “its information, I believe information is power.” The new law was originally set to take effect on March 1. Foods with a higher than recommended daily allowance of sodium will feature a salt shaker in a triangle. On average, according to the Daily News, New Yorkers consume 40 percent more salt than the daily recommended allowance. A diet high in salt can lead to high blood pressure and cardiovascular ailments among other things. Foods with a high salt content also prompt customers to eat more, which apart from giving fast food a longer shelf life, is the reason why saltly is so important to the industry. Mayor De Blasio welcomed the ruling, which will be enforced by the Department of Health. “If your meal has so much sodium that it merits a salt shaker on the menu, then for the sake of your health-order something else. Too many New Yorkers are at risk for high

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Jewish Community’s NY Rally for Refugees Draws Hundreds Edited by: JV Staff

n 1936, the Nazis forced Jews to liquidate their assets, including art, at a fraction of their values. Among those Jews was a prominent art gallery owner Max Stern, who involuntary sold about 400 pieces belonging to his family collection, before being exiled from his country. U.S. courts have since ruled those acts of theft. On Wednesday February 8th, FBI agents returned one of those paintings to representa- German-Jewish art deal Max Stern in Berlin; circa 1925

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handed over a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of Max Stern, the late German-Jewish Montreal art dealer

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A New York State court of appeals has upheld a ruling that will require chain restaurants to post warnings on their menu’s on foods with excessive salt contents

blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke due to high sodium intake, and this salt shaker will help New Yorkers make better decisions about their diet-ultimately leading to a healthier and quite possibly a longer life.” The original regulation had been adopted in 2015 and specifical y targets fast food chains. Under the new guidelines, any restaurant with more than 15 locations will be required to place the salt shaker alongside any item with more than 2,300 mg of sodium. The set fine for violations will be $200. In its appeal, the National restaurant association argued that Judge Rakower’s ruling vi-

olated the separation of powers by vesting too much power in the judicial branch. The ruling effectively legislates, which is the job of Congress and not the judiciary. The association also claimed that the new law violated the fi st amendment and singled out chain restaurants while giving a free reign to local eateries. The Appellate Court claimed that the ruling was perfectly legal and in the best interests of public health. “Today the New York State Appellate Division upheld the sodium warning rule. This means New Yorkers will have continued access to information about menu items at chain restaurants containing more than the recommended daily sodium limit,” said Mary Bassett, the City’s health commissioner. National Restaurant Association is not going down without a fi ht; it is planning to continue its head butting with the state in order to protect its profits. Cicely Simpson, executive vice president of the National Restaurant Association stated that the lobby will “Be exploring all of our legal options moving forward following today’s ruling, Local mandates on sodium regulation are a costly and onerous burden on all New York City restaurateurs.” Oddly, Simpson did not comment on the question of public health or safety

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undreds gathered amid sleet and hail in Battery Park on Sunday, February 12, for a Jewish Rally for Refugees, one of nearly 20 rallies nationwide convened by HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofi that protects refugees. Speakers and attendees came together to call on elected official to keep America’s doors open to refugees flee ing violence and persecution. The rally featured remarks from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota’s Fifth District, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Public Advocate for the

Remarks at the rally for refugees were made by New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio. Photo Credit: Gili Getz

City of New York Letitia James, Scott Stringer, and New York New York City Comptroller City Councilman Brad Lander. Jewish community leaders shared why supporting refugees is elemental to being Jewish. In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield welcomed the crowd, stating, “Over 130 years ago, the founders of HIAS began their work right here, in Castle Clinton, then known as Castle Garden. Back in 1881, HIAS welcomed refugees because they were Jewish. Today, we welcome refugees because we are Jewish. America is a leader on refugee issues and human rights – and we know from history that the world will follow Hundreds gathered amid sleet and hail in Battery Park on our lead – whether we lead to Sunday, February 12, for a Jewish Rally for Refugees, one of nearly 20 rallies nationwide convened by HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. Photo Credit: Gili Getz

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Tequila Mogul Sues Over Flood at 432 Park Avenue

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Morgan Stanley Considering a Move to Hudson Yards By: Helen Zaboulani

M Tequila mogul unmasked as irate buyer suing Harry Macklowe over flood at 432 Park

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uan Beckmann Vidal, heir to the number one tequila in the world, is suing Macklowe Properties and CIM Group for a “catastrophic water fl od”, in the luxury apartment that he purchased but did not close on. Vidal, whose family founded Jose Cuervo in Mexico in 1795, went into contract in 2013 on the $46.25 million luxury apartment at 432 Park Avenue. As per Th Real Deal, he is suing to recover an $11.56 million deposit on the property, and refuses to close on the property. Vidal, whose fortune is estimated to be $2.4 billion, described water damage that saturated “multiple layers of

insulation and sheetrock, penetrating the walls and internal support beams and electrical wires, and infi trating the marble and wood fl oring throughout.” The complaint was originally filed in New York’s Supreme Court, on January 23, using the unknown name of Florida entity, “Park Avenue Residence, LLC”. The suit alleges that on November 5th, a a burst pipe caused a fl od in the building’s fl ors 83 through 86, and damaged several rooms in his apartment. The remorseful buyer claims that CIM and Macklowe did not satisfactorily fix the damage and did not pledge to complete repairs within 45 days of the incident, thereby canceling the sales contract. Th developer has reportedly refused

to refund the deposit, prompting the suit. The Park Avenue condominium, located between 56th and 57th Street, is touted as the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere. Standing 1,396 feet tall, the tower is also the overall second tallest building in NYC, beating the Empire State Building. Developer Harry Macklowe purchased the building, formerly the Drake Hotel, in 2006 for $440 million, demolishing and rebuilding it. The 104 luxury apartments overlooking Central Park were completed at the end of 2015. The most expensive apartment in the building was purchased last year, by Saudi billionaire Fawaz Al Hokair for $88 million.

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organ Stanley is considering a move to Hudson Yards, the new sleek development site on Manhattan's far West Side. Formerly home to warehouses, rail yards, and dockworkers Hudson Yards is now branded as ‘A new neighborhood for the next generation’. According to The Wall Street Journal, Morgan Stanley is considering purchasing the remaining two million square feet at 50 Hudson Yards. The 985 foot tower, which is slated for completion in 2022, spans an entire block on 33rd Street and 10th Avenue. 50 Hudson Yards will be NYC’s fourth largest commercial offic tower. Th glass-clad energy effici t tower will offer astounding views of the Hudson River, private sky lobbies and executive valet parking. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 2.9-million-grosssquare-foot building has already attracted big names in the fin ncial industry, mostly from midtown Manhattan. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager which manages $5 trillion in assets, announced in December that it plans to move its headquarters from midtown Manhattan to 50 Hudson Yards in 2022. The 20-year lease, of 850,000 square feet across fi een fl ors, was finalized by Related Companies, the famed developer of the Hudson Yards project.

Morgan Stanley Considers Moving Manhattan Headquarters to Hudson Yards

State officials h ped push for the deal by offering special state tax credits worth up to $25 million, in return for BlackRock keeping 2,672 jobs in Manhattan and pledging to produce 700 more jobs. Merely nine years ago, the MTA selected Related to develop Hudson Yards, complete with soaring offic towers, residential buildings, a hotel, cultural centers, parks and a five-story mall. As an essential component, the No. 7 Subway Line Extension opened in September 2015, making Hudson Yards easier to reach than any other district in New York. As Lynne Sagalyn, a real estate professor at Columbia University put it “Hudson Yards is breaking the speed record for large-scale development in New York.” The office in Hudson Yards

have already lured media powerhouses such as Time Warner, Turner, HBO, CNN, Warner Brothers and SAP; luxury retailers including Coach and L’Oréal; and businesses including BCG, BCG Digital Ventures, Wells Fargo Securities, Intercept, Point72 Asset Management, and MarketAxess. "We routinely review potential options for upgrading our workspaces. As we consider plans to continue to upgrade our current offic space, we are also in the very early stages of evaluating potential alternatives," said a representative at Morgan Stanley. "We anticipate a lengthy timeline before any decisions are made." Morgan Stanley is currently headquartered at 1585 Broadway, which it purchased in 1993 for $176 million, as per Fortune Magazine.

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fter over 30 years on the market, a pasta/matzoh factory-turned-artist sanctuary in South Williamsburg that almost blew up in the late 2000s, final y sold. Sources told TheReal Deal that the 11-story, 150,600-square-foot loft building located at 475 Kent Avenue was sold by Nachman Brach for $56 million to a group of Israeli investors. Shlomo Meichor and Assi Arev head the Israel-based investment fi m Gaia Investment Corp., which is leading the group of buyers. Gaia is not usually active in New York City, but in this case has plans to make the building more “high-end” by adding a ground-fl or retail component, according to TRD source. According to TRD, “Gaia Investment Corp. appears to have no relation to Danny Fishman’s Midtown-based development fi m Gaia Real Estate. The 103unit, block-long property is best known for a 2008 incident in which about 150 tenants were temporarily evicted after fi e officials found that the illegal matzo

Rents in the building were as much as $5,000 per month, with a single bedroom sublet going for $1,500 per month.

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bakery that Brach was operating in the basement could explode. Then, in 2011, several city agencies raided the property looking for evidence of illegal conversions and safety issues, as a result of the removal of matzo wheat that had been deemed hazardous. Brach and partners have owned the building since 1982, according to property records. In the 1990s, the building became home to a growing community of artists, more than 100 of whom continue to run their businesses out of the studios there. Th 2010 loft law allowed tenants of this building, among others, to legally reside in an industrial space. In recent years, Bill Murray briefly lived there while film ing the movie “St. Vincent,” as did the late photojournalist Tim Hetherington.”

Residents have been speaking out for many years about their concerns about Brach wanting to turn the lofts onto condominiums. TRD’s sources said that the new owners will probably leave the units as rentals. However, the rents are far from low. In 2014, the New York Times reported that rents in the building were as much as $5,000 per month, with a single bedroom sublet going for $1,500 per month. The building is long the Williamsburg waterfront, near South 11th Street. AAAAA TRD’s sources say the deal closed two weeks ago for approximately $372 per square foot. Gaia was represented by Steven Holm, and Brach was represented by Lawyer Bernard Shafran.

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Lutnick’s BGC Partners Announces Whole Foods to Open Store in Brooklyn Plans for IPO for Newmark By: Kristina Stukalenko

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n Thursday, February 9, the parent company of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Howard Lutnick’s BGC Partners, took the fi st steps toward creating a separate company from the brokerage by making an initial public offering. A statement was issued by the company on Thursday announcing the submission with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a draft registration statement relating to the IPO. In the statement, Lutnick said, “Earlier today, we issued a press release relating to the confide tial fili g of our registration statement for the proposed IPO of Newmark, our real estate services business. Since we are currently in the registration process, we are subject to the restrictions under the securities laws on communications relating to the offering.”

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to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the proposed initial public offering of the Class A common stock of a newly formed subsidiary that will hold BGC's Real Estate Services business, which operates as "Newmark Grubb Knight Frank", or "NGKF". The number of Class A shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. Th initial public offering is part of “We expect to grow our BGC's plan to separate its Real revenues and profits Estate Services business into a faster than the overall industry going forward.” separate public company. Following some period after the expected offering, BGC may, According to the company’s subject to market and other press release, BGC has confi conditions, distribute the shares dentially submitted a draft reg- that BGC will hold of the newly istration statement on Form S-1 formed subsidiary pro rata to

BGC's stockholders in a manner intended to qualify as taxfree for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the release of this news, the BGC stock went up 4.4 percent. Last year Newmark’s capital markets group made $104.7 million in revenue, which was a 43 percent rise from 2015, according the BGC’s earnings for 2016. However, revenue for leasing services saw an 11 percent decline year over year to $144.5 million. TRD reports, “In New York City, Newmark came in 18th on The Real Deal’s recent ranking of top investment-sales fi ms for 2016, with $525 million worth of transactions, down 11 percent year-over-year. Tho e deals, TRD See Lutnick’s BGC Partners , page 37

Famed “Aluminaire House” to Move from Queens to California By: Anat Ghelber

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t’s been billed as one of, “the pivotal works of modern architecture in America” by a respected critic named Paul Goldberger. It’s also been the subject of heated debate and vehement opposition by Queens residents in Sunnyside. Now, the Aluminaire House, a 1,200-square-foot all metal structure that’s been called the “fi st all-metal home built in the United States” was taken apart; panels, beams, pipes and all, and packed inside a 45-foot-long trailer truck on Wednesday, February 8th to be shipped from its current location at Ronkonkoma to Palm Springs, California to the tune of $15,000. The history of the Aluminaire House begins in 1931 after it was designed by A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey and built as a part of the Allied Arts and Industries and the Architectural League of the then 10day exhibit in New York City’s Grand Central Palace on Lexington Avenue. At the time, it

The principles the builders hoped to demonstrate were that cheap American materials, interiors of a simple design and construction of housing could all be made easy.

The Aluminaire House, a 1,200-square-foot all metal structure that’s been called the “first all-metal home built in the United States” was taken apart; panels, beams, pipes and all, and packed inside a 45-foot-long trailer truck on Wednesday, February 8th to be shipped from its current location at Ronkonkoma to Palm Springs, California to the tune of $15,000.

was hailed as a demonstration of “modern living.” The principles the builders hoped to demonstrate were that cheap American materials, interiors of a simple design and construction of housing could all be made easy. Anyone with a set of tools, such as a screwdriver and a wrench, could basically build themselves a house. The new ideas at the time

were that prefabricated materials and structures could make housing cheap and affordable for just about anyone. Michael Schwarting and Francis Campani, two architects based in Long Island who have taken it upon themselves to preserve the house for its historical value. Says Ms. Campani about the house in its heyday, “It got a lot of press and it was talked about by many critics.” Mr. Schwarting has added, “They say over 100,000 people visited in one week.” The house even had the distinction of being featured in an exhibit on modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Said Lawrence Kocher in a press release in 1932, “The styles of the past are disregarded in an attempt to attain convenience, ease of living, attractiveness of outlook and a logic of quiet and pleasant existence.” But residents of Sunnyside, Queens feel otherwise. In October 2013, after findi g out that the preservation team of Campani and Schwarting planned to have the Aluminaire House moved to their neighborhood as part of a town development program (given that Sunnyside Gardens was one of the country’s fi st planned communities) they voiced strong opposition See Famed “Aluminaire House”, page 37

hole-foods is set to remake itself, catering its new products to the busy consumer as it opens its fi st 365 store in the tri-state area. The fi st 365 store is set to open its doors in Brooklyn. Th ugh the store’s opening date has not been set as of yet, it will be located at 300 Ashland Place. According to the president of Whole Food’s bargain brand counterpart, Jeff Turnas, the new store will place its emphasis on “quality, value, and convenience.” Christina Minardi, president of the Whole Foods Northeast region said of the upcoming opening “We are excited to bring the area’s fi st 365 store to Brooklyn.”

“We are excited to bring the area’s first 365 store to Brooklyn.” The original 365 store opened its doors in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake area. The inventory features grab-and-go convenience prepared foods, grocery items and according to the original press release, it is for the customer that is “seeking convenience and value on high-quality products without artificial colors, sweeteners or preservatives.” The new brand will also feature standard Allegro coffee

The first 365 store is set to open its doors in Brooklyn

craft brew bar with more than 65 indoor and outdoor seats, the menu will carry a variety of espresso drinks, brewed coffee, and exotic teas, local beers and wines served on tap. The new concept of the new Whole Foods chain will also include a unique My 365 Rewards, a loyalty program that will feature “Gimme 10 deals”, providing customers with 10% off products featured on the end caps throughout the store and on frozen food stuffs. Digital “Punch buddy cards” will offer consumers a “buy ten get one free” on their favorite items. Th rewards program is digitized so customers can sign up online and use their digital membership card or phone number when checking out. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Brooklyn store is set to open its doors to the public

in 2018 and promises the same brand of quality as Whole Foods with an emphasis on self-service. 365 by Whole Foods currently set to open 19 new locations nationwide. According to Money magazine, the move to open a bargain based chain store came about as a result of declining sales. The idea is to attract a clientele that admires Whole Food’s organic, fresh and high-quality products without the corresponding strain on their pocketbook, in turn reviving the food overall sales profits. Scott Mushkin, an analyst at Wolfe research notes of the Whole Food’s latest revival strategy. “The company has lowered prices, remodeled stores and launched a national advertising campaign all to no avail as sales continue to slip.” Bloomberg noted that the 365 chain is a “sign of the company’s search for answers.”

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Trendy NYC Neighborhoods See Court Extends Injunction Preserving Slowdown in Ballooning Rental Prices Corner of NYC’s Meatpacking District By: Anat Ghelber

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or the longest time, New York City rents have been among the highest in the country. Th t trend hasn’t really abated even with the drastic economic downturn in 2008. But now there appears to final y be a slowdown in ballooning rents, even in popular neighborhoods that people were fl oding into. The drop in rents have been attributed to both overdevelopment and New York residents deciding they would rather have longer commutes to and from their apartments in exchange for larger living spaces at a cheaper cost. This was found through a recent study by a data-based real-estate start up named RentHop. The drop in rents has been especially noted in Chelsea where “starchitects” known around the world created luxury condominiums that have been been erected around the High Line area located from 14th Street, in the Meatpacking District, through Chelsea, to the upper edge of the West Side Yard on 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center. The comparison of rents in New York City from the past till today is interesting, to say the least. Median prices from 2016, in the fourth quarter, compared to 2015 saw a 15.5% drop in Chelsea alone for one-bedroom, non-doorman apartments to $3,125. Accord-

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ing to RentHop data scientist, Shane Leese, “People are still leaving Manhattan in search of cheaper rents and larger apartments. In Chelsea, the market is saturated. People are tired of paying $3,000 and $4,000 a month in rent and they’re moving to places like Bushwick, with longer commutes. The migration and gentrific tion of these areas is speeding up.” In Long Island City, in Queens, rents dropped 7.22% to $2,250 for one-bedroom apartments in non-doorman buildings while those buildings classified as luxury doorman units saw a decrease in rents by 1.73% to $2,862. Williamsburg Brooklyn has long been a desired neighborhood for new residents due to its trendy reputation and status as a family-friendly place. Th t mystique may be disappearing now, as non-doorman buildings saw

rents decrease 3.41% to $2,800 and luxury building rents decrease by 0.62%. However, even with all the rent drops (found in 24 different neighborhoods total for one-bedroom apartments) at least 11 different New York City neighborhoods saw rent increases. Th West Village especially saw its rents grow. A luxury one-bedroom can be expected to go for $5,200 a month now, an increase of 7.83%. Dumbo, Downtown Brooklyn, and Boreum Hill all experienced rent hikes as well. Basically for anybody looking to move to New York City, the boroughs may actually be more expensive than Manhattan at this point. One bedroom non-doorman apartments became cheaper by 4.76% in Manhattan but increased in the boroughs as a whole: 7.41% in The Bronx, 8.33% in Queens and by 9.09% in Brooklyn.

Film Industry Increases Spending in NYS to $12.5B; NYC Comes Out on Top By: Doris Matson

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ccording to an article fi st posted by Crain’s New York, an increase in spending to the tune of $12.5 billion is disproportionately benefiting New York City over its rural counterparts. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently proposed a three-year extension of a $420 million annual film tax credit. It was designed to bolster the State’s film industry. A recent biennial economic impact study of the entertainment industry commandeered by the state shows that the Governor’s legislation has a disproportionately positive impact on New York City as compared to the rest of the State. The New York State Film Tax Credit Program Biennial Report, which had been prepared by Camoin Associates from data provided by Empire State Development, was written into the original legislation. The report was distributed on February 7th according to Crain’s. According to the study, New York City gave out nearly $1.45 billion worth of incentives in 2015 and 2016. Simultaneously, Cuomo’s bill gave New York State $1.5 billion in tax revenue. The monetary incentives wrought by the passage of the legislation created a steady in-

The film industry increased its spending to the tune of $12.5 billion. It disproportionately benefits New York City over its rural counterparts

flux of Film and TV crews and a plethora of new features set in New York. Since the tax credit was fi st implemented. Altogether, it is estimated that the legislation generated job growth. It is estimated that 70,000 new jobs have been created this year alone While State tax revenue increased by more than 22%, total spending jumped to 28% or to $12.5 billion. Of that figu e according to the study, $6.5 billion involved direct spending on items related to production, like rent and props. An estimated $6 billion was spent on local services such as dry cleaners and caterers. According to Howard Zemsky, ESD president, and chief executive, “The film industry is not only booming, it’s also driving

billions of dollars into our local economy and creating more jobs than ever before.” However, this meteoric rise is not evenly distributed throughout the State. The study found that a whopping 90% of the production spending occurred within New York City itself. Counties outside of the city receive a paltry 9% return on every dollar invested. The ESD study found that for every $1 spent on the post production tax credit generated 97 cents. This is because of the novelty of the industry according to Crain’s. State tax revenue from post production work jumped to 51% during the 2015-2016 period. Thetotal city revenue reached 62%.

Supreme Court judge has recently extended an injunction to block parts of a Gansevoort Street development project. Judge Joan Lobis penned the original order. The primary lawsuit involved lawyers for the city and locals that argued that the development was in violation of Article 78.The locals argued that the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission wrongly approved the project. Th y claim that the plan for the buildings is too tall to fit in with the historical design of the meatpacking district, which is a protected historical site. As per the order, the developers were originally not allowed to do alterations on the exterior of 60-68 Gansevoort Street, but are allowed to do through with plans for the interior of the building. Th y are prohibited from doing any work 70-74 Gansevoort Street. The locals are pursuing the case at a risk. If they lose, they will have to pay for the cost of delaying the construction. The original developers of the project, Aurora Capital Associates, and William Gottlieb Real Estate received permission from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission last year to develop the entire south side of Gansevoort Street only to be saddled by a lawsuit from by the local group, who call themselves

Rendering of 60-68 Gansevoort Street with a photo of it from 1938.

“Save Gansevoort.” The recent decision to extend the injunction aimed at two specific buildings which are taller than the existing ones that they are set to replace. The developers are allowed to continue work on three adjacent buildings, including the one located at 52-58 Gansevoort Street, where they have signed a lease with the restaurant Pastis. Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb argued that delaying the construction could cause them to break the agreement that they currently hold with the restaurant. The Court will soon negotiate a bond price that the locals will be required to pay that will account for the delays in the event that they lose the case. Michael Hiller, an attorney representing the locals had a lot to say about the position of the “Save Gansevoort” coalition and the politics surrounding the decision to

approve the current plan. “The city’s grant of permission to the Gansevoort developers is part of a larger trend, as revealed by the unprecedented line of decisions by city agencies under the current mayoral administration to authorize the privatization of landmark properties and other public assets. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has ceased to be a commission that engages in landmark preservation. Instead, it has become a city agency dedicated to justifying decisions favorable to real estate developers even if it means that L.P.C. violates its own rulings and the language and history of the Landmarks law. If not reversed, the decision by L.P.C would set a new and dangerous precedent that would pave the way for wholesale demolition and conversion of every landmark district in New York.”

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WH Aide Chides Obama’s CounterTrump's National Security Adviser Terrorism Policy for Failing to Mention Islam Flynn Resigns Under Fire 'Our labels must reflect reality, otherwise we will misdiagnose' By: Natalie Johnson

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resident Donald Trump's deputy assistant condemned the Obama administration Monday for refusing to mention religion in its counterterrorism strategy, particularly when dealing with the Islamic State. Sebastian Gorka, a counterterrorism specialist who now serves as a senior White House aide, said the United States has had "serious problems" over the past eight years identifying the nature of an enemy engaged in a religiously Sebastian Gorka, a counterterrorism specialist who now serves inspired war. as a senior White House aide, said the United States has had

Gorka said it is imperative for U.S. officials o understand that 80 percent of the fight against ISIS and jihadinspired terrorist groups will be fought in the domain of information and media operations rather than in military operations "The Obama administration in 2011 prohibited discussion of religion, expressly Islam, in all counter-terror training for federal agents and military," Gorka said during an event at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

"serious problems" over the past eight years identifying the nature of an enemy engaged in a religiously inspired war.

"Th t's like saying in 1944 you can't say the word Nazi because you'll offend a German. It's absurd, it's in fact asinine. You have to be able to talk about the enemy and the words that they use. When they say they're a jihadist, you can't say, ‘Well they're just misguided nihilists.' No, they think they are holy warriors," he continued. "Our labels must refle t reality, otherwise we will misdiagnose." Gorka said it is imperative for U.S. officials to understand that 80 percent of the fight against ISIS and jihad-inspired terrorist groups will be fought in the domain of information and media

operations rather than in military operations. A report published last year by IntelCenter, a counter-terrorism research fi m, found that between June and July 2016 there were signific nt terrorist attacks every 84 hours directed or inspired by ISIS outside the war zones in Iraq and Syria. Gorka said the findi gs underscore America's overemphasis on a "whack-a-mole" strategy that targets individual terrorists while ignoring the root of the problem: ideology. "For them, it's not just a caliphate of the ground, it's a caSee WH Aide Chides Obama’s , page 38

Congressmen Launch Bill to Block US Aid from Reaching PA Terrorists By: UWI Staff

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he No Bonuses for Terrorist Act of 2017, introduced by Congressmen Ted Budd (RNC) and Mark Sanford (R-SC), acknowledges and stops the practice of US foreign aid given to the Palestinian Authority from being used to fund acts of terrorism perpetrated against Israeli civilians. “The news of President Obama’s last-minute transfer of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a clear reminder that we need to take every measure possible to ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t being used to reward acts of terror,” stated Budd. The transfer was subsequently frozen by President Donald Trump’s State Department. The existing US law allows for the reduction of US aid to the PA based on the amount of payments it makes to terrorists and their families, but the PA circumvents the law by giving the terrorism incentives through third-party organizations, such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). “This bill is simple. It would direct the Secretary of State to certify to Congress that the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization have ceased all fi ancial

The No Bonuses for Terrorist Act of 2017, introduced by Congressmen Ted Budd (R-NC) (pictured above) and Mark Sanford (R-SC), acknowledges and stops the practice of US foreign aid given to the Palestinian Authority from being used to fund acts of terrorism perpetrated against Israeli civilians.

rewards to terrorists or their families. If the Secretary of State cannot certify this, our bill would redirect that money to Israel’s Iron Dome system,” Budd explained. “To me, this is unacceptable. When the American people support other nations, our generosity shouldn’t be used to support terrorism in any way. And pausing these funds until we’re certain they aren’t being used as such seems like an ob-

vious response to the problem,” said Sanford. This bill would be the strongest legislation yet to block any and all US payment that would benefit terrorists or their families. Millions to Terrorism According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), the PA devotes NIS 486 million ($127 million) of its annual budget to paying salaries to terrorists. An additional NIS 660 million ($174 million) of the budget is earmarked for paying allowances to the families of those killed or wounded in the act of “resisting” Israel. PMW reported last month that the family of the terrorist who murdered four IDF soldiers in a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem will receive a NIS 6,000 ($575) grant, as well as a monthly allowance of NIS 2,900 shekels ($760). This is far from a singular occurrence, PMW pointed out. More than 30,000 families of Palestinian terrorists receive these benefits. Issa Karake, director of the Prisoners’ Aff irs Authority of the Palestinian Authority, has strongly denied that these payments are meant as welfare support for the families, stressing that they are meant as a reward “out of esteem for their sacrifice and struggle.” (UNITED WITH ISRAEL)

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ational security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned following widespread reports he had misled Trump administration officials including Vice President Mike Pence, about his contacts with Russia. In his resignation letter, Flynn, a retired Army general, acknowledged late Monday he had "inadvertently briefed" Pence and others with "incomplete information" regarding his phone calls with the Russian ambassador to the United States in the weeks before President Donald Trump assumed power. Such a high-level resignation less than a month after Trump took over the White House is virtually unheard of on the American political scene. Trump quickly named another retired Army general, Keith Kellogg, as his acting national security adviser, but also could pick former Central Intelligence Agency chief General David Petraeus or former Navy Vice Admiral Robert Harward to fil the strategic position on a permanent basis. Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to widespread U.S. news accounts, discussed sanctions former President Barack Obama imposed on Moscow late last year for its interference in the U.S.

White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (C) sits next to (L-R) senior advisor Stephen Miller, chief White House strategist Steve Bannon, senior advisor and son-in-law of U.S. President, Jared Kushner and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus

presidential election in an effort to boost Trump's chances of winning. Pence and Trump aides, relying on information from Flynn, said publicly that Flynn had not discussed lifti g the sanctions, which are still in place, once Trump was inaugurated January 20. Flynn later acknowledged the issue may have come up. Conversations such as those between Flynn and Kislyak possibly could have been a violation of a U.S. law that prohibits private citizens from conducting diplomatic affairs with a foreign government, because Trump had yet to take offi . The U.S. Justice Department, according to The Washington Post, warned the White House last month that Flynn had so

misrepresented his conversations with the Russian envoy that he might be vulnerable to blackmail by Moscow, as a result of the contradictions between the public descriptions of the calls and what intelligence officials knew based on their routine monitoring of communications by foreign official in the United States. Flynn, in his resignation letter, said he had apologized to both Trump and Pence, and that they had accepted his apology. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Flynn's resignation "is the internal business of the Americans, it is the internal business of President Trump's administration. This is not our business." See Trump's National Security , page 38

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CNN Move Over - Int'l News Channel i24NEWS Launches in US With bureaus in Washington, Tel Aviv, New York, and Paris, i24NEWS will air 24/7 Edited by: JV Staff

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srael-based international news channel i24NEWS will launch in the United States on Monday, bringing content from its studios in New York, Washington, Tel Aviv, and Paris to viewers across the U.S. and around the globe. The move expands the footprint of the company, led by French-Israeli entrepreneur Patrick Drahi, who established the

that will offer a new perspective on domestic and international news that consumers cannot “Most of the international watch anywhere else,” said DexProgramming will include indepth hard news and interviews news channels belong to govern- ter Goei, President of Altice 24-hours a day, including live ments,” Melloul noted. “We are N.V., and Chairman and CEO reports from the U.S. from 6:00 not receiving any money from of Altice USA. The live U.S. broadcasts will PM to 10:00 PM EST, providing any government, and we are not a source of independent news receiving any money from polit- begin each evening at 6:00 PM and debate from “the heart of the Middle East.” "By bringing to viewers a high-quality forum for disseminating, analyzing, and discussing current events, and leveraging the global views offered by i24NEWS teams sta-

The live U.S. broadcasts will begin each evening at 6:00 PM EST with "Crossroads with David Shuster and Michelle Makori", which will analyze and contextualize top stories from around the world with interviews and guests.

ical parties. Th t means we are the most independent international news channel.” i24NEWS will debut on cable The i24News team at their new Times Square studios in New York systems operated by telecom City group Altice, which are available Tel Aviv-based channel in 2013. tioned around the globe, we are in 20 U.S. states. “Content is core to Altice’s The news organization has able to offer a new and unique more than 250 journalists of form of broadcast news to the global strategy, and this is an some 35 different nationalities U.S. marketplace," i24NEWS exciting step as we bring i24Nand is adding around 50 posi- CEO Frank Melloul said in an EWSto the U.S. and provide refreshing, balanced content announcement. tions for its new U.S. bureaus.

Senate to Hold Hearing for US Amb. to Israel This Week Senate Foreign Relations Committee announces hearing this Thursday for nomination of David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel By: Tal Polon

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he Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced on Saturday that it is moving ahead with a hearing for the nomination of US bankruptcy attorney and staunch Israel-supporter David Friedman to the post of US Ambassador to Israel. The hearing has been scheduled for this Thursday - a day after US President Trump is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced on Saturday

J Street states that Mr. Friedman is "hostile" to the two-state solution, which it terms the "only way to ensure Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people."

that it is moving ahead with a hearing for the nomination of US bankruptcy attorney and staunch Israel-supporter David Friedman to the post of US Ambassador to Israel.

[Trump is] taking advice from me,” Friedman said last year in an interview with Arutz Sheva. “Because there’s obviously hundreds of people in New York who have thoughts about Israel – to the right, to the left, and the middle – and he chose someone So far, only two diplomatic who he knows has a deep love posts have been officia y ap- for Israel. For all of Israel, for the proved by the Senate Commit- entire Land of Israel.” “[Judea and Samaria] is land tee: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and UN Ambassador Nikki that Israel has held for almost 50 years. The population of YeHaley. Friedman has been an out- huda and Shomron [Judea and spoken supporter of Jewish Samaria - ed.] is 400,000 people. communities in Judea and You add in east Jerusalem you Samaria. “I hope people can have almost a million people. take comfort in the fact that The e people aren’t going any-

where and Israel’s not going to make the same mistake that it made in connection with the evacuation of Gaza,” he added. Friedman is also a proponent of moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and has expressed his desire to work out of Jerusalem in his function as US Ambassador - irrespective of where the US embassy ends up being located. J Street, the radical left wing anti-Israel movement has begun a campaign to have the US Senate reject Friedman’s nomination See Senate to Hold Hearing , page 36

EST with "Crossroads with David Shuster and Michelle Makori", which will analyze and contextualize top stories from around the world with interviews and guests. Hosts Makori and Shuster bring years of top journalistic experience, with Makori, a veteran of Bloomberg TV and CNN Money, joining i24NEWS from CCTV (now China Global

"By bringing to viewers a high-quality forum for disseminating, analyzing, and discussing current events, and leveraging the global views offered by i24NEWS teams stationed around the globe, we are able to offer a new and unique form of broadcast news to the U.S. marketplace," i24NEWS CEO Frank Melloul said in an announcement.

chelle Makori”, and Shuster will host "Stateside with David Shuster" at 9:00 PM, focusing on the top stories in the US and the world, including field reports, analysis, and guest interviews. Joining the channel as senior Washington correspondent is Dan Raviv, who most recently The move expands the footprint of the company, worked as a Washington-based national correspondent for CBS led by French-Israeli News for 19 years. entrepreneur Patrick In bringing i24NEWS to the Drahi, who established U.S. market, the channel will the Tel Aviv-based provide viewers a unique apchannel in 2013. proach to domestic and international news infused with global At 7:00 PM EST, Makori conversation from counterparts will host “ClearCut with Mi- throughout the world. Television Network), and Emmy Award-winning journalist Shuster having hosted his own programs on MSNBC, worked as a reporter for the Today Show and NBC News, and anchored for Al Jazeera America.

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Stunning Court Decision Approves Passover Punishment By: Edwin Black

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hree judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit surprisingly rejected the appeal of Susan Abeles a Washington D.C., Orthodox Jew, who was punished by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) because she took off work for the last two days of Passover 2013, as she had done for the past 26 years that she worked at the agency. Abeles’ closely-watched case evoked amicus briefs by the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Aff irs (COLPA) as well as The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and the American Jewish Committee. Ms. Abeles' lawyer is Nathan Lewin, the well-known advocate for Jewish religious rights."

For each of the 26 years Abeles worked for the Airports Authority since 1987, she took off for all Jewish holidays on which work is prohibited, including the last two days of Passover. Everyone at her job knew she was an Orthodox Jew. She consistently gave her supervisors a list of the dates of Jewish holidays at the beginning of each calendar year and her supervisors accepted that list as a request for annual leave on the specified Jewish holidays. In 2012, new supervisors appeared. Ms. Abeles provided them with a list of the Jewish holidays on which she would be absent and also, at their request, specified the holidays in their Outlook calendars. On the Friday before the last two days of Passover (which fell on Monday and Tuesday) she was unable

to speak with her immediate supervisor because that person was out on annual leave. So, Abeles sent an e-mail reminding the next higher supervisor in the chain of command. That supervisor replied with an e-mail that affirmatively said, “Thanks.” But when Abeles returned to work, she was slapped with an unexpected 5-day suspension for being AWOL. Abeles sued. Th case was transferred to a Virginia federal court on the Airports Authority’s motion.

of Title VII.” The Airports Authority argued that Ms. Abeles had failed to follow a formal “Leave Policy” procedure under which her immediate supervisor had to explicitly approve her leave in advance. Th t “Leave Policy” had not been invoked during her previous 26 years’ employment. The Airports Authority also said it was exempt from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act because it was technically a “regional authority,” not a federThree judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit surprisingly rejected the appeal of Susan Abeles a Washington D.C., Orthodox Jew, who was punished by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) because she took off work for the last two days of Passover 2013, as she had done for the past 26 years that she worked at the agency.

A clearly shocked Nat Lewin promised to file a petition requesting review by the entire roster of active judges of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and, if necessary, seek review by the Supreme Court of the United States

In a sixteen-page decision written by Judge Allyson Duncan, of the Fourth Circuit, the court declared, “We conclude that MWAA did not discriminate against Plaintiff on the basis of her religion in violation of Title VII.”

In a sixteen-page decision written by Judge Allyson Duncan, the fi st African-American judge in the Fourth Circuit, the court declared, “We conclude that MWAA did not discriminate against Plaintiff on the basis of her religion in violation

Senate Confirms Mnuchin & McMahon; 2 More Trump Cabinet Picks

al agency. The President of the United States, the governors of Virginia and Maryland, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia appoint all directors of the Airports Authority. Attorneys for the Airports Authority defended the suspension on the

asserted ground that Abeles was an “insubordinate” and “mediocre” employee notwithstanding the record of awards and high performance ratings she received during her tenure. Documents produced by the Airports Authority during discovery proved that prior to her absence on Passover her supervisors had considered nothing more than a “reprimand” for alleged “insubordination.” Th y increased this discipline to a suspension without pay only because she had been absent on Passover. During oral arguments, late last year in Richmond VA, an exasperated Lewin, appearing on Ms. Abeles’ behalf, abruptly declared: “Your Honor, I'm an Orthodox Jew. When I've worked

for people, I've given them a list of what the Jewish holidays are at the beginning of the year. And they know that means I'm going to be out for those days. This is a phony response by [the company] saying ‘we didn't know why you would be out.’ Of course, they knew why she was out. Everybody in the whole company knew that she was a Sabbath observer and for 26 years had been absent on Jewish holidays. She listed all the Jewish holidays at the beginning of the year. And, suddenly, to penalize her even though she has listed them and has notified her supervisors on the day before she was gone—we submit that's outrageous.” In his See Stunning Court Decision, page 36

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he Senate on Monday night confi med Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary by a majority of 53-47, reported Politico. Senator Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to vote in Mnuchin's favor, following sustained efforts by progressive groups to brand the nominee as the "Foreclosure King" for his tenure at OneWest Bank. Mnuchin, who is Jewish, made his fortune as a banker for Goldman Sachs, and has also helmed smaller banks and also produced the blockbuster fil s “Avatar” and the “X-Men,” among others. He backed Mitt Romney in the 2012 election and joined the Trump campaign in April, becoming one the earliest of Republican establishment figu es to support Trump’s campaign for the party's nomination. Top Democrats, including Senator Chuck Schumer (DNY), criticized Mnuchin in a press conference shortly ahead of the vote. "President Trump told Steve Mnuchin — a Wall Street insider with decades of experience in that board room he described — ‘you’re hired,’ as my Treasury Secretary no less,” Schumer said, according to The Hill. “That’s a broken promise.” Democrats played a video during their press conference that

Steve Mnuchin, who is Jewish, made his fortune as a banker for Goldman Sachs, and has also helmed smaller banks and also produced the blockbuster films “Avatar” and the “X-Men,” among others.

included clips of Trump blasting Wall Street and “special interests” during the campaign, juxtaposed with comments from Senate Democrats accusing Trump of going back on his populist rhetoric. Republicans rallied behind Mnuchin’s nomination, arguing that while Democrats can slow down his confi mation, they can’t change the eventual outcome. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)—the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee—defended Trump’s pick ahead of the vote, saying that accusations of Mnuchin lying are a “wild and brazen” attack. "Th y should know that these tactics do absolutely nothing to help Americans seeking great-

er opportunities and economic growth,” he said from the Senate floor, according to The Hill. The Senate also confirmed WWE co-founder Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration on Tuesday. McMahon, 68, who along with her husband Vince turned World Wrestling Entertainment into a $1.5 billion business, received bipartisan support by a vote of 81-19. McMahon had unsuccessfully run for Senate twice in Connecticut. Her opponent in 2012, Sen. Chris Murphy, called her "unquestionably qualified" to head the SBA. See Senate Confirms Mnuchin, page 37

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Le Pen Pledges to Ban Dual Israeli-French Citizenship

UK Government Proposes Guideline to Prevent Israel Boycotts

'Israel is not a European country,' says National Front leader, adding French Jews will have to choose either French or Israeli citizenship

British government unveils proposed guideline that is meant to counteract and prevent the passing of boycott resolutions

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rench Jews living in Israel or holding Israeli citizenship in France may no longer be allowed to hold dual citizenship if Marine Le Pen wins the country’s presidential election, slated for May 7th. Le Pen, chairwoman of the National Front and daughter of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has pledged a hardline on immigration, trade, and public expressions of non-Christian faiths, including a pledge to ban the wearing of kippahs and Islamic garb in public and the prohibiting of kosher and halal slaughter. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2, Le Pen expressed support for banning the wearing of yarmulkes as part of her broader effort to outlaw religious symbols in public. “Honestly, the dangerous situation in which Jews in France live is such that those who walk with a kippah are in any case a minority because they are afraid,” Le Pen said, using the Hebrew word for yarmulke. “But I mainly think the struggle against radical Islam should be a joint struggle and everyone should say, ‘There, we are sacrifici g something.’” Referring to French Jews, Le Pen added: “Maybe they will do with just wearing a hat, but it would be a step in the effort to stamp out radical Islam in France.” Speaking with France 2 TV

French Jews living in Israel or holding Israeli citizenship in France may no longer be allowed to hold dual citizenship if Marine Le Pen wins the country’s presidential election, slated for May 7th.

Thursday evening, the French nationalist leader stated that she would also target dual citizenship if elected this spring. While dual citizenship would be permitted, said Le Pen, in the case of holders of other European countries’ passports, she would move to prohibit dual citizenship for citizens of non-European countries. Relating the case of Israel, where as many as 250,000 fi st and second generation French immigrants reside, Le Pen said no exception would be made. “Israel is not a European country and doesn’t consider itself as such,” she said. “I’m asking the Israelis to choose their nationality. It doesn’t mean that if they don’t choose French nationality they have to leave. France can certainly accommodate foreign

people on its soil long-term… as long as they respect French laws and French values, which is often a problem on the immigration issue. It’s really not a problem with Israel on this topic.” Once considered marginal candidate, Le Pen has consistently led in election polls for the first round of voting since early January. If Le Pen finishes in either fi st or second in the April 23rd vote, she will proceed to the run-off vote two weeks later on May 7th. Polls still show her trailing her likely run-off vote opponents, Emmanuel Macron and Francois Fillon by double digits, though she has gained ground in recent weeks. Citizens of the United States, Canada and the UK, for example, are allowed to hold dual citizenship. (INN) By: Ben Ariel

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ussia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by U.S. official that it violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unidentifie official The newspaper said RusRussia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by U.S. officials that it violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles

Russia accused Washington of conducting "megaphone diplomacy" after the accusation was repeated by the State Department in 2015

The British government has unveiled a proposed guideline that is meant to counteract and prevent the passing of resolutions in favor of boycotting Israel by local municipalities.

ly and equally and this guidance has been updated to refle t that and make it clear that boycotts in public procurement are inappropriate outside where formal legal sanctions have been put in place.” Individuals who want to offer their feedback to the government, including arguments in favor and against the revision, must do so before March 28, the document states. A spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the national umbrella of the Jewish community of the United Kingdom, said his group “warmly welcomes the Government’s measures” since “these boycotts

are divisive and undermine good community relations. The new steps will ensure that all suppliers of goods and services receive equal treatment and do not need to fear prejudice.” Resolutions favoring boycotts of Israel were passed recently in several municipalities in Britain, including the Leicester City Council in 2014. Similar measures were discussed but not taken in Nottingham. The Conservative-led British government has threatened to fine municipalities that vote on boycotting Israel and has announced plans for laws making such initiatives illegal. (JTA)

North Korea is “A Big, Big Problem” Says Trump

Report: US Believes Russia Deployed New Missile in Treaty Violation

sia had secretly deployed the ground-launched SSC-8 cruise missile that Moscow has been developing and testing for several years, despite U.S. complaints that it violated sections of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty. The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the New York Times story. The U.S. State Department concluded in a July 2014 arms control report that "the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or

he British government has unveiled a proposed guideline that is meant to counteract and prevent the passing of resolutions in favor of boycotting Israel by local municipalities. The Department for Communities and Local Government published its plan for ending such initiatives on Monday in a leaflet containing proposed additions and revisions to a document titled the “Revised Best Value Statutory Guidance,” which offers guidelines on various issues pertaining to local government, including procurement policies. “Authorities should not implement or pursue boycotts other than where formal legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been put in place by the Government,” the proposal reads. Th British government has a “longstanding policy of value for money in public procurement,” the document further reads. Procurement legislation in the United Kingdom and the European Union “requires public authorities to treat suppliers fair-

fli ht-test a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km (310 miles to 3,420 miles), or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles." Russia accused Washington of conducting "megaphone diplomacy" after the accusation was repeated by the State Department in 2015. Moscow also denied it had violated the INF treaty, which helped end the Cold War between the two countries. See Report: US Believes , page 37

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resident Donald Trump on Monday vowed to "deal with" North Korea, calling it "a big, big problem", reports The Associated Press. The comments come after North Korea’s ballistic missile test which took place over the weekend, though Trump did not specifically mention the test. Speaking at a joint news conference at the White House with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump was not asked about the missile test, but he brought up North Korea when a reporter asked what are the "most important national security problems" facing the U.S. "Obviously, North Korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with that very strongly," Trump said, according to AP. He did not elaborate. North Korea tried to launch a Musudan eight times last year but most of those attempts failed. It did, however, carried out two nuclear tests last year, in defi nce of UN sanctions. The latest test came a month after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that the country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). State media later said such a launch could come “at any time”. The missile launched in the latest test, however, did not appear to be an ICBM. The Pentagon was more point-

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches ballistic missile launch

ed in its assessment of the North Korean problem on Monday, according to AP. A spokesman said technical advancements in North Korea's ballistic missile programs, demonstrated in the latest testlaunch from a mobile launcher, pose a "clear, grave threat" to U.S. security. "North Korea's unlawful weapons programs represent a clear, grave threat to our national security," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff avis said. "North Korea openly states that its ballistic missiles are intended to deliver nuclear weapons to strike cities in the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan," he added. Davis said the U.S. tracked the fli ht of the missile launched on Saturday evening (U.S. time) and assessed that it traveled about 500 kilometers (310 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan. He said the missile appeared to be a land variant of a subma-

rine-launched ballistic missile known outside of Korea as the KN-11. On Saturday night, following the test, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to work together in the face of North Korea’s provocations. "The United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent," Trump said at a joint press conference with Abe in Florida. "We will work together to promote our shared interests, of which we have many, in the region, including freedom from navigation and of navigation and defending against the North Korean missile and nuclear threat, both of which I consider a very, very high priority." Abe said the launch was "absolutely unacceptable" and called on North Korea to "fully comply" with UN Security Council resolutions. (INN)

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Iran’s Hardliners Grow More Confident By: Jamie Dettmer

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ith tensions between the United States and Iran mounting over Tehran’s test-fi ing of mid-range ballistic missiles, Iran's hardliners appear emboldened. Th y talk now of having a chance of winning their country’s presidential election in May - or at least turning incumbent Hassan Rouhani into a lame-duck president, if he does manage to secure reelection.

If Sulemani does get the nod, then it will signal that Iranian conservatives really do think they have a chance to pull off a win in three months' time. Observers say Rouhani had hoped a nuclear deal with the West would strengthen his political position. The deal was concluded during the administration of President Barack Obama. Public disapproval of President Donald Trump’s ban on Iranians entering the U.S., currently suspended by the American courts, and the absence of any obvious economic benefit for ordinary Iranians from the deal, appear to be boosting the prospects of a hardliner winning in May - or at least it is adding to their hopes of doing so, say analysts. The hardliners have yet to

pick a candidate: but there’s talk their standard bearer might be Qassim Sulemani, the head of of the foreign legion of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Quds Force. He’s been overseeing Iran’s military intervention in Syria. If Sulemani does get the nod, then it will signal that Iranian conservatives really do think they have a chance to pull off a win in three months' time.

Zarghami warned Rouhani that 2017 will not be like 2013 when Rouhani fi st won the presidency because he will be defending a record rather than campaigning as an insurgent.

Former state broadcasting chief eyed for presidential run

Another possible hardline pick is Ezzatollah Zarghami, a former boss of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, according to Saeid Jafari, an Iranian journalist. The 57-year-old Zarghami, an IRGC veteran, was added to the European Union sanctions list in 2012 for what Brussels deemed “gross human rights violations” related to the state broadcaster’s coverage of the disputed 2009 presidential elections. “Although Zarghami has denied the possibility of his own candidacy, he has behaved in a way that can be interpreted as preparing for the elections,” Jafari said on the news site, Al Monitor. Zarghami oversaw the expansion of Iran’s state broadcaster, including the launching of English-language PressTV and Spanish-language HispanTV. On Instagram in December,

in practical terms, nothing will be left of the nuclear deal.” Th paper reported that the nuclear agreement was viewed by the Rouhani government as its “winning card” for the presidential election, but with Trump it “will be transformed into the Achilles Heel of the administration.”

Many still waiting for economic boost from lifted sanctions

Another possible hardline pick is Ezzatollah Zarghami, a former boss of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, according to Saeid Jafari, an Iranian journalist. The 57-year-old Zarghami, an IRGC veteran, was added to the European Union sanctions list in 2012 for what Brussels deemed “gross human rights violations” related to the state broadcaster’s coverage of the disputed 2009 presidential elections.

Last April, moderates and reformists won a working majority in the Iranian parliament for the fi st time in more than a decade. Hardliners won just under a third of the seats in a humiliating performance that appeared to position Rouhani for this year’s presidential contest. April’s results were seen as an endorsement of the nuclear accord that Rouhani’s govern-

Turkish Police Arrest Alleged Planner Behind Nightclub Attack By: Kasim Cindemir

his threats to rip up the 2015 nuclear deal, and his aides' talk of fostering regime change in Iran, are all seen by conservatives as opportunities by Iranian conservatives to reshape politics in the Islamic Republic. After the November U.S. elections, the official newspaper of the IRGC, Sobhe Sadeq (True Dawn) said in an editorial, “With the presence of Trump,

Aside from Trump’s threats to rip up the deal, frustration with the economy is building among ordinary Iranians. Rouhani, during his campaigning for the accord, had led them to believe that lifti g the sanctions would have a quick impact. The economy indeed has improved as a result of the deal, growing by 4 percent last year, and the International Monetary Fund had predicted growth to reach 6 percent this year. Most Iranians, however, have not seen any turnaround in their lives. According to a recent poll conducted for the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 63 percent of Iranians see Iran’s economic situation as “somewhat” or “very” bad. Nearly 73 percent say living conditions have not improved as a result of the deal. Analyst Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington DC-based research institution, says the U.S. should be making it clear that the eco-

nomic benefits from the deal have not trickled down because of graft and a rigged system, one that helps fund the IRGC. He says Washington should be helping to “expose bank accounts and corruption, and do it in a way that 80 million Iranians can hear.” Rubin doesn’t fault the Trump administration for wanting to confront Iran. “There’s nothing wrong with a no-nonsense approach,” he adds, but added there’s danger in speaking loudly, “while waving a small stick.” The stern talk from the U.S. has included a warning from Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Flynn, that the U.S. has officia y “put Iran on notice.” Reprisals are threatened and on February 3, Trump imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, but they affected only 13 Iranian individuals and 12 companies. Rubin maintains this is just replicating “the worst of Obama,” by “utilizing red lines as a rhetorical tool without the preparation and will to enforce the threat.” Rubin, like some other Americans who advocate a more aggressive policy, would like to see clear practical steps taken by the Trump administration to contain what they argue is an expansionist Iranian regime - ones that make it costly for Iran’s hardliners but also erode public support for them. Otherwise, they argue, harsh rhetoric without tougher action will merely embolden Iran’s hardliners.

German Populist Party to Oust Member who Denigrated Holocaust Germany's populist party votes to begin proceedings to oust member who called Berlin's Holocaust memorial a "monument of shame."

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urkish security forces on Tuesday said they had arrested a French citizen of Turkish origin who was allegedly one of the planners behind a New Year’s Day nightclub bombing in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65. Prosecutors identified the 22-year-old man by the initials A.S. and said he was arrested in Istanbul on February 12. He allegedly signed the lease on a home rented to nightclub attack suspect Abdulkadir Masharipov, who is an Uzbek national. Nine other suspects are also in custody — all linked to the Islamic State group, Turkish authorities say. The Turkish Daily Sabah said the suspect was born in Turkey and had been living in France and Turkey. He was charged with being affiliated with a terrorist organization. Prosecutor Sadi Doğan told Turkish media that A.S. helped orchestrate the attack. News reports, citing testimony given in court Saturday, said Masharipov admitted to being an IS follower. He was quoted as telling the court that “it would be good if he was given capital punishment.” Masharipov was charged Saturday with belonging to an armed terrorist group — Islamic State — possession of heavy

ment signed with the U.S. and other world powers to curtail Iran's nuclear program in return for the lifti g of international sanctions. Trump’s upset election win,

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G Ambulances wait near the scene of an attack in Istanbul, early Jan. 1, 2017.

weapons, attempting to destroy constitutional order, and murder. The suspect fled from the scene of the shootings by blending into the chaotic crowds, police said. Masharipov was arrested 17 days later in Istanbul after a nationwide manhunt. Authorities said he received terrorist training in Afghanistan and that he had confessed to the Reina nightclub attack, which occurred early January 1. Oner Bucukcu, a Turkish expert on terrorism, said IS has been conducting terror attacks in Turkey since Turkish-backed forces entered northern Syria last summer to push out IS in an operation labeled Euphrates Shield. “With the Euphrates Shield operation on, border crossings stopped and IS began to use its

sleeping cells and Central Asian militants in Turkey,” Bucukcu said. Bucukcu said IS has few Turkish followers, so it “has been using its Central Asian militants” to conduct terror in Turkey. Turkey has long been a transit point for hundreds of Central Asian radicals moving into Syria and Iraq to join IS. The Soufan Group, a security intelligence fi m, estimated in December 2015 that about 4,700 IS fi hters in Iraq and Syria were from the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The New Year’s attack in Turkey was the third within a year linked to Central Asians affiliated with IS.

ermany's rising rightwing populist party voted to begin proceedings to oust a prominent member for calling Berlin's Holocaust memorial a "monument of shame." Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in the former East German state of Thuringia aroused ire nationwide with remarks in January denigrating the memorial and suggesting that more attention be paid to German victims of World War II. Frauke Petry, who heads the 3-year-old AfD, said Monday that the expulsion procedure could take quite a while, but that she was convinced most party members would support the move. Critics within the AfD said Hoecke's remarks threatened to destabilize the party, which hopes to become the third largest in the Bundestag in national elections in September. The party's decision followed a legal and political evaluation of Hoecke's remarks. He had told young supporters in Dresden on Jan. 17 that "We Germans -- that is, our people -- are the only people worldwide that has planted a memorial to shame in the heart of our capital." Ten days later, the Buchenwald

Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in the former East German state of Thuringia aroused ire nationwide with remarks in January denigrating the memorial and suggesting that more attention be paid to German victims of World War II.

Concentration Camp Memorial barred Hoecke from entering for a memorial ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Hoecke has enjoyed some support from party leaders in his own state, as well as those in the former East German state of Brandenburg. Alexander Gauland, chair of the Brandenburg faction, told German radio rbb that no one should be thrown out after making one mistake. He also said he feared people would

leave the party in protest. In Thuringen, party leaders suggested the decision was politically motivated to force certain people and opinions out of the party. Petry's co-chair, Jörg Meuthen, reportedly also opposed her on the matter, saying he did not believe the expulsion procedure was likely to succeed, "even though his speech was really very bad." AfD President Georg Pazderski told the daily newspaper Tagesspiegel in Berlin that he thought Hoecke's speech had the potential to frighten off voters. Pazderski said Hoecke had endangered the party's goal of representing mainstream conservative Germans. Following Monday's vote, Hoecke told reporters he was worried for the unity of the party. But he expressed confidence that the arbitration panel would not find him guilty of transgressing the party's legal statutes or principles. If he is found guilty, he can appeal. The anti-immigrant party has been struggling with its extreme right-wing flank. Last July, it began proceedings to expel politician Wolfgang Gedeon over anti-Semitic writings. He remains a member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament, though was forced to step down from the AfD's bloc. (JTA)

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Bibi in DC for First Meeting with Trump - Talks on Iran, Settlements to Take Place cused on the Middle East expect that lawmakers will emphasize a reset in relations with Israel. They also will seek to reassure Netanyahu that key foreign aid packages to Israel will remain robust and fully funded. "The e's broad recognition that it's time to turn a page on years of hostility towards Israel from the Obama administration. President Trump and the Republican Congress are focused on strengthening Israel's security and the U.S.-Israel relationship—not condemning housing projects in disputed territories and pushing anti-Semitic U.N. resolutions," said one

States and Israel to stand up to Iran and all those who seek to defame and destroy the Jewish state," the source said. "Given the warm relationship between Bibi and Trump, everyone seems upbeat and optimistic about the future of the alliance moving forward." Dennis Ross, a veteran Middle East hand who worked for former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, told reporters on Monday that there is a strong desire to cast sour relations between the United States and Israel as a byproduct of the Obama administration.

"Democrats will be anxious to show they're close to Israel as well," Ross said, adding that Netanyahu will convey the message that Israel's relationship is with America as a whole, not any one administration. Analysts say Netanyahu is seeking to forge common ground on Iran and regional is-

Arab world, and create Israeli-Palestinian peace. A senior Israeli Cabinet minister said Monday Netanyahu no longer supports a Palestinian state, but stopped short of confi ming whether the prime minister will make his stance public during Wednesday's talks with Trump.

Dennis Ross, a veteran Middle East hand who worked for former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, told reporters on Monday that there is a strong desire to cast sour relations between the United States and Israel as a byproduct of the Obama administration.

sador Richard Lebaron, who served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv from 2001 to 2004. David Makovsky, director of the Washington Institute In late 2016, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Donald for Near East Policy Project on Trump at his luxury 5th Avenue tower the Middle East Peace Process, Netanyahu declined to elabo- points to two big questions that sues as he meets with Trump for rate on his position on the Israe- will likely be the focal point of the fi st time as president. Netanyahu will be the fourth li-Palestinian two-state solution talks: “How to work with Arab foreign leader to meet with as he departed for the United states? How to constrain Iran’s influence in the region?” Trump face-to-face at the White States. Makovsky, who recently vis“Come with me, you will hear House, after British Prime Minister The esa May, Japanese very clear answers, very clear Netanyahu is also expected to take separate meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and answers,” said Netanyahu, when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Senate Canadian Prime Minister Justin asked by a reporter if he still Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) On Capitol Hill, senior stands by the two-state solution. Trudeau. sources focused on the “The Palestinians will be The analysts also say that Th t, Ross said during a consenior congressional aide familMiddle East expect that iar with the Israeli leader's travel ference call hosted by the Israel Trump and Netanyahu want to watching this very closely and lawmakers will emphasize Project, is the "overriding mes- set in motion a chain of events will be looking for any hints that itinerary. a reset in relations with "This provides a major op- sage that emerges from this that could block Iran, redefin the U.S. policy has substantially Israel. Israel’s relationship with the changed,” said retired Ambasportunity for both the United week,"

ited Israel, said the Iran nuclear deal and sanctions are among the main issues on the agenda for the Trump-Netanyahu meeting. In July of 2015, Iran and six world powers reached a comprehensive agreement, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which curbed Tehran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons in exchange for lifti g stringent economic sanctions. Trump and Netanyahu are strong critics of this deal. Th y have also advocated for the termination of JCPOA, which was backed by the Obama administration. But many see an evolving See Bibi in DC for First Meeting , page 38

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MK Akunis: “The Entire Land of Israel is One Settlement Bloc”

'Media Coverage Inviting Terror Attack at Western Wall'

By: Yoni Kempinski

Haredi MK responds to report of lax security at holy site on Shabbat, warns Arab media pushing story could inspire attack

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cience and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis on Tuesday wished success to Prime Minister Netanyahu ahead of his meeting with President Trump, calling the president "pro-Israeli and friendly." In his speech at the 14th Jerusalem Conference, Akunis harshly attacked the "two-state solution", saying that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. "Tomorrow our Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet with the President of the United States, a friend of Israel, Donald Trump. To my great satisfaction, and I am sure also to yours, a new, friendly, pro-Israel American government was elected. To my mind, they are also brave and uncompromising, and therefore of course, I send them my blessing," said Akonis.

"Tomorrow our Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet with the President of the United States, a friend of Israel, Donald Trump. He said that new governments may continue clinging to old ideas, fueled by Israeli sources, and not necessarily the extremists among them, "guided by the idea of dividing the country and establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel. It will not happen.

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C Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis on Tuesday wished success to Prime Minister Netanyahu ahead of his meeting with President Trump, calling the president "pro-Israeli and friendly."

"The State of Israel is humanly indivisible; it was not bequeathed by mortal hands, its borders are not negotiable; dividing it would be unthinkable. One may and must develop all its territory, expand, take care of infrastructure, build roads, raise children, and plant trees. Israel in its entirety is the country of the Jewish People, and the right to it belongs only to the Jewish People," stressed Akunis. This right, said the Science Minister, is eternal and irrevocable. "This is an acquired right. It is an historical right. It is enshrined in the Book of Books and in all history books, studies, and findi gs. It is anchored in every excavation under the Temple Mount, next to the Temple Mount, and south of the Temple Mount." Akunis says that few nations in world history have had a protracted and fi m connection to their historical homeland.

"Few are the nations willing to give their lives time and again for a plot of land. Few are the people who lived 3,000 years in a row in their historical homeland, mostly under occupation by other nations or distant empires. "But there is a Jewish People who came from the land of Judah, from the kingdom of Israel, and from the eternal capital, Jerusalem. The Regulation Law debate took place a week ago in the Knesset - the debate was not about the law, but about a question, perhaps the most fundamental question about the future and direction of the Jewish people: Whose country is this? Ladies and gentlemen, I promise, as I have done since my fi st day in public life, to remain disinterested towards this way or another, but to remain steadfast to my ideological poSee MK Akunis: “The Entire, page 36

hairman of the Public Appeals Committee, MK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism), has warned that a recent investigative report on lax security at the Western Wall in Jerusalem could inspire Islamic terrorists to target the holy site. Last week, Channel 2 publicized an exposé by investigative journalist David Suleiman which claimed security check exemptions at the Western Wall for religious Jews on Shabbat opened the door for potential terror attacks. "It is inconceivable that for years religious Jews and haredim have entered the Western Wall [plaza] without being checked [for weapons],” Suleiman told Arutz Sheva. “There is no justific tion for the way they do not check with the metal detector and allow [the entry of] religious people, but if they won't [use the metal detectors] then they should at least check them by hand." "Any Arab can purchase a kippah and tallit [prayer shawl]. Th y are easy to get. Th y do not need our expose to figu e out that you can put on a talit and go to the Western Wall through any entrance without being challenged or questioned. As far as they were concerned, I walked right in as if I were a ghost." During his investigation, Suleiman entered the Western Wall plaza with two knives and

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a mock explosive belt on his person, but was able to avoid the security checkpoint at the entrance of the plaza because of his religious attire. Orthodox Jews are regularly exempted from passing through metal detectors at the Western Wall plaza on Shabbat. In response to the report, MK Eichler called upon the ministries of Religion and Internal Security to find a solution which would bolster security while not causing visitors to desecrate Shabbat. Eichler added that Suleiman’s report itself could serve as inspiration for terrorists, particularly after it was picked up by Arab media outlets. “I was terrifi d to hear a report which by its very publication invites terror attacks on Shabbat and holidays at the Western Wall,” Eichler wrote in a letter to Minister of Religion

David Azoulay (Shas) and Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud). “The enemies of the Western Wall initiated an ‘investigative report’ which was even publicized in the Arab media as:“The e are no security checks at the Western Wall on Shabbat and holidays." “They planted a Shabbat-desecrator dressed like a religious worshipper who passed through the entrance to the Western Wall [plaza] without going through the electronic [metal detector] check. All this to show how ‘the haredim are exempt from checks on Shabbat’ (which are not allowed on the Shabbat). All that was missing was a line saying: ‘Every jihadist terrorist is invited to dress up like a haredi Jew and come in and commit a terror attack at the Western Wall on Shabbat, God forbid.” (INN)

Israel Won’t Allow Former Peru Pres PA Calls for Sanctions Against Israeli Toledo to Enter Until Probe is Over Banks for Building Settlements Edited by: JV Staff

Call for sanctions after media reports said Israel bank channeled govt funds to settler group for construction

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srael said on Sunday it would not allow in former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who is wanted in connection with a corruption probe, before his aff irs were settled in Peru. Peru had been informed by U.S. authorities on Saturday that they were not planning to keep Toledo from boarding a fli ht to Israel from California that was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv on Sunday. "Former Peru President Toledo will be allowed into Israel only when his matters are settled in Peru," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said, without elaborating. It was unclear whether Toledo had boarded the fli ht to Israel, which does not have an extradition treaty with Peru. A judge in Peru issued an international arrest warrant for Toledo on Thursday, and the government offered a 100,000 soles ($30,000) reward for any information leading to his capture after he failed to turn himself in to authorities. Peru has said Interpol issued a red alert to 190 member countries to help find him, but Tole-

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T Former Peru's President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp arrives to the 2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru

do does not appear on its list of wanted persons. Interpol has not responded to requests for comment on Toledo. Prosecutors in Peru allege Toledo took $20 million in bribes from Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht (ODBES.UL) and a judge ruled that he must be jailed for up to 18 months while charges against him are prepared. Toledo, who has an economics degrees from Stanford University, has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged or convict-

ed of any crimes. Toledo's lawyer said he did not know Toledo's whereabouts and declined further comment. Toledo's wife has Israeli citizenship and Toledo has a long friendship with Israeli businessman Yosef Maiman, who prosecutors accuse of acting as a middleman for at least $10 million in alleged bribes. A former Odebrecht executive has said he personally negotiated the bribes with Toledo in Rio de Janeiro in 2004, prosecutors say.

he Palestinian Authority on Tuesday called on the United Nations and other international institutions to impose sanctions on Israeli banks which provide "fin ncial facilities to settlers and settlement construction." A statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Aff irs referred to a specifi alleged case of an Israeli bank providing funds to a pro-settlement organization to aid in the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The Haaretz daily reported earlier this week that in 2002, the leader of the organization Amana, signed for two loans with Bank Tefahot worth a total of NIS five million, or the equivalent of $1.05 million at the time. According to the report, the funds were supplied by the Israeli government, and used to aid construction of the illegal Amona and Migron outposts, both of which have since been evacuated.

The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday called on the United Nations and other international institutions to impose sanctions on Israeli banks which provide "financial facilities to settlers and settlement construction."

Amana never had ownership rights of the Palestinian land it was mortgaging, said Haaretz. The Palestinian MFA condemned "in the strongest terms" the Israeli government's participation "in the process of granting 'Amana settlements' company, fin ncial loans from an Israeli bank, in return of mortgaging occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank, and

through explicit guidance from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Construction and Housing, as stated in the Israeli media." The MFA went on to say that the report revealed "the involvement of at least an Israeli bank, in granting fin ncial facilitations to support settlement’s See PA Calls for Sanctions , page 38

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Herzog Presents 10-Point Plan to Renew Negotiations

Rivlin Calls for Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria

By: Andrew Friedman

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pposition Leader and Zionist Camp faction leader Yitzhak (Bougie) Herzog called Monday on Israel to grant additional powers to the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria, including in Area C, as part of a 10-point, 10-year plan to separate Israel from the Palestinians. Right-wing leaders including Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan praised Herzog for appearing at the conference, as well as the right-leaning audience for listening attentively to ideas with which they disagreed. The Opposition Leader, on his part, took care to quote traditional sources (as well as the Orthodox practice of using the euphemism Hashem when referring to God) to support a platform that stood in sharp contrast to a more common theme at the conference, the application of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Herzog called that notion a “disaster” that would lead to the end of Israel as a Jewish democracy within two or three generations. Instead, he presented a staged plan for Israelis and Palestinians to build confidenc towards a renewed negotiations process and eventually to separate into two states. The plan calls for a 10-year declaration of the entire area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea as a “non-violence area”, during which Israel would complete the security

Opposition Leader and Zionist Camp faction leader Yitzhak (Bougie) Herzog called Monday on Israel to grant additional powers to the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria, including in Area C, as part of a 10-point, 10-year plan to separate Israel from the Palestinians.

barrier and expand Palestinian Authority responsibilities around Judea and Samaria, including some municipal functions in Area C. The Oslo accords that established the PA created full Palestinian control of Arab-majority cities, called Area A, municipal authority in areas with Palestinian villages but outside the cities (Area B), and proscribed Palestinian Authority involvement at all in Area C, mainly areas in and around Israeli communities. In addition, Herzog proposed a building freeze in Judea and Samaria, aside from urban development projects for Palestinians and economic projects including industrial zones to kickstart the Palestinian economy and a halt to violence and incitement, including strong se-

curity measures. After 10 years without violence, Israelis and Palestinians would return to the negotiation table as equals. “The most important thing here is to avoid the creation of another Syria or Bosnia [that would be created by annexing or applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria]… that’s how we can ensure the security and the future of the settlement blocks. Th t would be the ultimate victory for Zionism, at least the way I understand it. “Lastly, I would warn my colleagues on the right not to repeat the mistake the Palestinians made in 1947. Th y wanted everything, and they ended up with nothing. We must not make the same mistake by insisting on all-or-nothing,” Herzog said. (TPS)

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resident Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin criticized the recently adopted Legalization Law, saying Israel cannot apply its sovereign law to areas it had not formally annexed. Israel must view itself as subject to international law, and cannot pass legislate that apply Israeli law to areas it has refrained from placing under its sovereignty”. He said that in principle he supported annexing Judea and Samaria, but voiced a caveat that with sovereignty come responsibilities as well as rights. Speaking to the Jerusalem Conference, and following Sunday’s Sovereignty Conference, Rivlin outlined a short history of Zionism, focusing on the value of settling the Land of Israel that was common to Orthodox and secular groups before moving on to more recent applications of sovereignty, specifical y in eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. “Throughout the years, the State of Israel has been careful in the application sovereignty, and has done so carefully and responsibly,” Rivlin said. In the eastern parts of Jerusalem, Israeli sovereignty was applied by the Begin government in the 1980s, which also passed the Golan Heights Law in 1981. “But wherever sovereignty was enforced, it has applied equally to all: Israelis, and those who were not Israelis. Zionists, just as those who were not Zi-

“Throughout the years, the State of Israel has been careful in the application sovereignty, and has done so carefully and responsibly,” Rivlin said. Photo Credit: Aharon Krohn

onists. All were awarded citizenship, and Israeli law now applies to all… [now, too] it must be clear: If we apply sovereignty, the law will and must apply equally, and everyone subject to Israeli law under Israeli sovereignty must and will have full civic and political rights”, Rivlin said. The president also leveled thinly-veiled criticism at both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the right-wing political camp, for failing to articulate a clear and coherent strategy, on which thoughtout policies to promote building in Judea and Samaria, and throughout the Land of Israel could be based. He made it clear he stood by his long held beliefs “that all of Zion belongs to us”, and that “Israeli sovereignty should be

applied in each and every place”. He reiterated his warning that the application of Israeli sovereignty also means granting full citizenship rights to all residents of the expanded state, and that such a step was not to be undertaken lightly. “The application of sovereignty over territory means citizenship for all its residents. The e are no exceptions. The e is not one law for Israelis, and another for non-Israelis. “When I say that my faith is fi m that all of Zion is ours, this is precisely what I mean. The sovereignty of the State of Israel must be established over all Zion and its residents. In the same patch of land, there cannot be one law for Israelis and one for non-Israelis. The e is one law for all,” Rivlin said. (TPS)

Israel-US Cybersecurity Ties Grow as Common Enemies Move Battlefield Online By: Ariel Ben Solomon

authorities revealed a Hamas and Israeli members. Ratcliffe, who chairs the operation on social networks atsrael’s standing as a global House Homeland Security Sub- tempting to lure Israel Defense cybersecurity powerhouse committee on Cybersecurity Forces soldiers into downloadadvanced in recent weeks, and Infrastructure Protection, ing viruses by using fake acwith the U.S. House of Rep- said, “After Jim and I traveled counts with pictures of attracresentatives passing new legisla- to Israel last year to discuss this tive young women. A number tion that would improve Amer- important aspect of our nation- of soldiers fell for the trick and ican-Israeli cooperation in that sector. “Cybersecurity is the preeminent national security issue of the Information Age. Working together with our allies will be essential to preserving our collective defense in this new domain,” U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) told JNS.org. “Israel is already a leader on cybersecurity, and by enhancing collaboration, we will be able to push the frontiers in protecting our respective homelands,” he said. U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) and Langevin intro- Outside Cybertech 2017, the world's second-largest duced the United States-Israel cybertechnology exhibition, which Israel hosted from Jan. 30Cybersecurity Cooperation En- Feb. 1 in Tel Aviv. Credit: Flash90. hancement Act of 2017 (H.R. downloaded the viruses. 612), which passed in the House al security with top official The Hamas-funding nation Jan. 31. The measure creates a we defined key areas where we cybersecurity grant program for could boost our collaboration to of Iran, meanwhile, tested its joint research and development strengthen our countries’ cyber- cyberwarfare systems in a Feb. 4 drill that intended to “showcase projects. Under the legislation— security posture.” The legislation’s advancement the power of Iran's revolution which resulted from a visit to Israel last May by a congressional comes as cybersecurity is one and to dismiss the sanctions” delegation including Ratcliffe of the world’s fastest-growing that the U.S. levied against the and Langevin—the secretary of security fields—n t just for gov- Islamic Republic a day earlier, homeland security would deter- ernments, but also for terrorist according to Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps website. mine research parameters with groups. Steven Stalinsky, executive In January, Israeli security an advisory board of American

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director of the Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors jihadist activity online, told JNS.org that the new legislation is an important development for bilateral relations in the cybersphere.

Institute for National Security Studies in Israel, told JNS.org that cooperation in the constantly changing cybersecurity sector is not Israel’s most important partnership area with the U.S., with the top areas remaining intelligence and other

The Israel Aerospace Industries display at Cybertech 2016, the world's second-largest cybertechnology exhibition, in Tel Aviv. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

“Israel and the U.S. share the same enemies in the cyber realm, consisting of both jihad groups as well as hacktivist groups associated with the likes of [the international hacker network] Anonymous, who also target the Jewish community worldwide online,” said Stalinsky. Gabi Siboni, head of the Cyber Security Program at the

forms of defense cooperation, yet cybersecurity ties are rising in importance. Regarding terror groups’ use of cyberspace to launch attacks, Siboni said, “They are doing as much as they can, but for now are mainly manipulating social media platforms to promote their interests.” “It is premature to speak of these groups launching complex

cyberattacks, though they are trying to gain this capability,” he said. “Thi gs are changing as we speak.” Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the Jewish state’s largest aerospace and defense company, is adapting to that shifti g landscape. The company announced this month that it is making signific nt gains in the cybersecurity fiel , with contracts totaling more than $100 million in 2016. IAI created a cyber division, appointing Esti Peshin as its general manager, and works on cyber-related solutions in the technology areas of intelligence, monitoring, identific tion and combating cyberthreats. “We consider cyber to be a strategic field of activity and a growth-engine at IAI, and expect it to continue to expand signific ntly in the coming years,” IAI President and CEO Joseph Weiss said in a statement, adding that the company “will continue to invest in cyber companies and research and development centers in order to continue to expand in this fiel .” Israel hosted Cybertech 2017, the world's second-largest cybertechnology exhibition, from Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the gathering that it is “no coincidence that you See Israel-US Cybersecurity , page 38

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EDITORIAL

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Is HIAS Deceiving Their Jewish Supporters?

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ately, we've all been privy to the hullaba- than the Jewish American leaders regarding loo relating to President Trump's call for the safety of their families on that continent. It a short term hiatus of refugees entering appears to be a downright refusal on the part this country from a few nations in the of the major Jewish charities to recognize that Middle East. This edict has set up a fi estorm of presently Holocaust II is taking place in Euprotests claiming that this decision was directed rope. What else is lurking behind the scene at Muslims who wish to enter this country claim- where Jewish survival is at stake? Just follow the ing to be victims of guess what?...Muslim terror. money!!! Guidestar, a non-profit watchdog reThis past Sunday a rally was held in challenge to ports that in 2013, HIAS took in over 16 million this proclamation. So let's quote directly from $ from government agencies. Add in funding the organization behind this mobilization of so from Jew hating United Nations sources plus called do-gooders: "On Sunday, Mayor de Blasio Jewish donors and their income is well above will headline the Jewish Rally for Refugees to be 31 million $. held in Battery Park at 11 a.m. The rally is one of several community actions being organized this weekend in cities across the country by HIAS, the "Due to the impossible security global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, for situation for French Jews, Israel has a the National Day of Jewish Action for Refugees." responsibility to allocate all necessary HIAS, until very recently was known as the resources to facilitate the aliyah and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The "Hebrew" absorption of Jews from France." designation has been dropped and its now called merely, HIAS. Many of us warmly remember this But let's get back to the above mentioned Jewgroup as bringing in Jewish refugees from Europe before and after the Holocaust and in our igno- ish Rally for Refugees. It's a fake-out to lure Jews rance still believe its main focus is on coming to to support vocally, politically and dollar-wise for undocthe aid of Jews umented, who are still unvetted being perseMuslims cuted in Musfrom terrorlim dominatist sponsored countries. ing nations Not anymore. such as Syria, HIAS is now Iran, Libfocused totalya, Yemen, ly on bringIraq, Somalia ing Muslims and Sudan from terrorist to enter our sponsoring borders. One nations into speaker at our country. the event was We wonder of all people, why Jews in Congressman peril are beKeith Elliing ignored by what ap- HIAS had the chutzpah to have Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) a Jew/Israel son (D-MN) who has been pears to be a hater speak at what was labeled a "Jewish Rally?" What's next, a heavily inJewish group. KKK speaker at an NAACP event? No, that would never take place. volved with We hear hor- Blacks have more self respect than our Leftist Jewish brethren. the Council ror stories from France where Muslim persecution of Jews on American Islamic Relations, an anti-Israel is rampant and threatens their survival. Shadows terrorist supporting Muslim group and to add to of Nazi Germany. Benjamin Netanyahu has called his credentials, he was a leader in a Minnesota chapter of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam. on French Jews to "come home to Israel." Member of the Knesset, Yoni Chetboun also And HIAS had the chutzpah to have this Jew/ feared for the safety of French Jews by stating Israel hater speak at what was labeled a "Jewish only last year: "Due to the impossible security Rally?" What's next, a KKK speaker at an NAACP event ? No, situation for that would French Jews, never take Israel has a place. Blacks responsibilihave more ty to allocate self respect all necessary than our resources to Leftist Jewish facilitate the brethren. aliyah and So, let's absorption sum it up by of Jews from listing those France." So, "Jewish" orwhy is HIAS ganizations ignoring the that sponplight of Jews sored this and bringbogus event. ing salvation Some of to Muslims them already whose collecwell known tive voices call Liberal Jews rallying at Battery Park to allow unvetted Muslims in to to you by the for the exter- the USA letters you mination of our people? HIAS claims that the Jews of France get in the mail asking you to give your hard earned bucks to them are: American Jewish and of other European nations are not classifie as "refugees" by the United Nations ( the mavens Committee, ADL, Hebrew Union College, J on Jews!) and are not to be taken under the wing Street, Jewish Council on Public Aff irs, Jewof any Jewish charitable organizations. Yet, from ish The logical Seminary, National Council of 2012 to 2014, the number of French Jews leaving Jewish Women, New Israel Fund, Union for that country to Israel quadrupled to 8,000 per Reform Judaism, and T'ruah, to name the most recognizable. All of the above are shameful and year. It appears that these Europeans know more do not deserve our dollars nor our membership. We at the Jewish Voice call on them to fi st and foremost focus their clout and use their fundHIAS is now focused totally on bringing ing for Jewish needs, security and salvation. Let Muslim countries and Muslim humanitarian Muslims from terrorist sponsoring charities, if there are any, learn from us Jews nations into our country. We wonder why Jews in peril are being ignored by and take up the cause for their own people. But keep us out of it. We've got enough problems of what appears to be a Jewish group. our own to to solve.

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Letters to the Editor The MSM & Radical Islam Dear Editor: It’s about time to put to rest the specious claim so popular currently with the mainstream media and ‘progressive’ dimwits, such as Sen. Ben Cardin (D) of Maryland, that any protestation against radical Islamist terrorists constitutes an effective recruitment tool for ISIS. The arguments he puts forth are as full of holes as Swiss cheese. What he spouts is a total fabrication of B.S.; no facts in sight. In the first place, radical Islamist thugs are hard-wired from birth to hate all freedom-loving people and free societies, with Israel and the United States at the top of the list. These thugs are indoctrinated in the ways of Shariah, the violent, Islamist way of life, from the time they learn to walk and talk. They are taught to hate and to express that hatred with extreme violence against all ‘infidels’ - meaning anyone who does not follow the hel-

lacious teachings of the Quran. They are taught that any individual – man, woman or child who wasn’t born into the Muslim faith – must either submit to Islam or be killed. And, they are taught that violence is the way to achieve the world-wide dominance that has been Islam’s ultimate objective since the Seventh century. Secondly, there is never any proof offered to accompany this totally bogus ‘recruitment’ claim. Islam’s terrorists are busy committing horrendous atrocities against defenseless civilians all around the Globe, every single day. So, any attempt to pin-point their violent behavior and suggest that it has a direct link causing enhanced recruitment to ISIS, is patently ludicrous. It is a blatantly specious concept that cannot be proven; it is total B.S. Jerome K. Rubin Boca Raton, FL

George Soros’ Leadership of the Radical Left Dear Editor: The Kamikaze Left, otherwise known as the Democrat Party have disregarded using the outdated Zero airplanes of WWII in order to commit suicide for their fading cause. Rather, they are organizing Banzai attacks by their shock troops, the dimwitted college crowd, the lost souls of the Women's Movement, the thuggish Black Power crowd, hypocritical Hollywood elitists, mixed in with some paid professional anarchists to throw themselves into the fray to derail President Trump's first days in office. When the smoke clears, their bodies will surely litter the battlefield, sadly sacrificed for a failed goal. They are being manipulated by George Soros and the American radical Muslim crowd to demoralize and blow up the Conservative enemy to preserve the legacy of Barack Obama and his slithering movement to a Marxist/Islamist and eventual Communist society....right here on our shores. Big mistake. They are being carefully watched by former party stalwarts in the blue collar, union movement who on November 8th of last year decided to gamble by casting their votes for Trump in a bold experiment to see if he would stick to his promises of creating new jobs by keeping our swiftly fading manufacturing industries from disappearing to Asia and Mexico. So far they are excited and satisfied with their risky move to leave the comfort zone of the Democrat organization. They may never return. Not yet in office a month, Trump, apparently working 24/7,

without a day's rest, has motivated in whatever manner he deemed fit, to convince major corporations to have their factories either remain in or come back to this country. He has given the green light to the Keystone XL and Dakota pipelines which promise to give jobs to tens of thousands of our workers. Major auto manufacturers now promise to keep their production lines in the U.S., saving thousands of union jobs. He has revoked Obama's death threats to our coal industries, breathing life into states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming giving hope to thousands of union miners. They will not forget. The former reliable union votes for the Democrat Party are now moving in the Conservative direction. These voters were the backbone of the Party and to lose them will be a disaster, And there was no greater horror for the likes of the Pelosi and Schumer crowd to hear the words of Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa when he recently told Neil Cavuto: "Trump is the president of everybody here. It's amazing that it's a Republican that's doing what we've been talking about for more than ten years." These words are like the ack-ack bullets from our warships in the South Pacific that riddled the Japanese kamikazis and sent them down in flames. And the Japanese lost the war. Thankfully, the Democrats know nothing much about history. Sincerely Alan Jamison

Is Jared Kushner Really Orthodox? Dear Editor: Over the past few weeks I've been seeing that people constantly refer to Jared Kushner as Orthodox. This has been driving me crazy after he clearly and blatantly violated Shabbos twice in this election and inauguration season. Let's call a spade a spade and stop re-

ferring to Jared Kushner as Orthodox. Helping Trump getting out of a twitter jam, and traveling in an inauguration parade is not Pikuach Nefesh and trying to claim it is, is just going to cause mass Chillul Shabbos. Sincerely Abraham Sutton Brooklyn, NY

Transit Etiquette Exhibit Dear Editor: The downtown Brooklyn Transit Museum's "Transit Etiquette Exhibit" which opened on February 7th was worth the fare. Its theme "How I Learned To Stop Spitting And Step Aside In 25 Languages" is just as relevant for current riders. Today there are over 150 languages spoken in NYC. In the 1960's it was common to find both penny gum and soda machines dispensing products at many subway stations. Clean and safe bathrooms were readily available. It was a time when people respected authority and law. Previous generations of riders did not litter subway stations and buses leaving behind gum, candy wrappers, paper cups, bottles and newspapers. No one would openly eat pizza, chicken or other messy foods while riding a bus or subway. Everyone paid their way and there was no fare evasion. Fast forward to today. Commuters have to deal with conductors who close the doors while crossing the platform attempting to transfer from a local to the express train. Try looking for the proper way to depose of your old newspaper as more trash cans are removed from more stations. Riders have to deal with aggressive panhandlers, eating as if one is at home or

restaurant, those hogging two seats, yawning, coughing or sneezing without covering up and the release of flatulence. Women are periodically accosted by gropers while perverts engage in other unhealthy sexual activities. There are also solutions to dealing with waiting for or riding the subway and having the “urge to go.” The odds of finding a working bathroom for “relief” may be too late. Until the early 1960s, most subway stations had clean, safe, working bathrooms with toilet paper. Revenues generated from a 10 cent fee helped cover the costs. Why not consider charging a fee between 25 cents and a dollar? That would generate revenues to assign a matron along with covering security and maintenance costs. This could help provide secure, fully-equipped bathrooms at most of the 471 subway stations. Many riders would gladly pay this small price to ensure working bathrooms rather than face the current unpleasant alternatives, which contribute to dirty subways. Perhaps a return to etiquette practiced by previous generations of subway riders would not be so bad. Sincerely, Larry Penner Great Neck

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

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Beautiful Friendship An unprecedented opportunity for the U.S.Israel relationship is on the horizon By: Caroline Glick

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ess than a week after he was inaugurated into offic , President Donald Trump announced that he had repaired the US’s fractured ties with Israel. “It got repaired as soon as I took the oath of offi ,” he said. Not only does Israel now enjoy warm relations with the White House. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the US capital next week, he will be greeted by the most supportive political climate Israel has ever seen in Washington. It is true that dangers to Israel’s ties with America lurk in the background. The radical Left is taking control of the Democratic Party. But the forces now hijacking the party on a whole host of issues have yet to transform their hatred of Israel into the position of most Democratic lawmakers in Congress.

to Israel’s civilian presence in Judea and Samaria, the fact is that the statement was the most ticularly if it involves extending supportive statement any US the US military’s Central Com- administration has ever made about those communities. mand to include Israel. Obama, of course rejected The e are, however, signifi cant limitations on the potential Israel’s right to any civilian presof Israel’s ties to Sunni regimes. ence beyond the 1949 armistice First, there is the fact that all of lines, including in Jerusalem. In these regimes are threatened by his final weeks in offi , Obama Islamist forces operating in their joined the international mob in falsely castigating Israeli comterritory and on their borders.

unanswered and he has harshly criticized Obama’s nuclear deal with the mullahs. In the lead-up to his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu has said that he will present the new president with five options for scaling back Tehran’s nuclear program. No time can be wasted in addressing this problem. Iran continues spinning its advanced centrifuges. The mullahs are still on schedule to field the means to deploy nuclear warheads at will within a decade. Netanyahu’s task is to work with Trump to signific ntly set back Iran’s nuclear program as quickly as possible. Then there is Syria. And Russia. On Sunday, Trump restated his desire to develop ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Netanyahu must present Trump with a viable plan to reconstitute US-Russian ties in There has been widespread support for Trump’s appointment exchange for Russian abandon- of David Friedman to serve as his ambassador to Israel amongst ment of its alliance with Tehran those in the pro-Israel community in the US

Trump has placed Iran on notice that its continued aggression will not go unanswered and he has harshly criticized Obama’s nuclear deal with the mullahs.

Democrats in both houses of Congress joined with their Republican counterparts in condemning UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that criminalized Israel. A signific nt number of Democratic lawmakers support Trump’s decision to slap new sanctions on Iran. Similarly, radical Jewish groups have been unsuccessful in rallying the more moderate leftist Jewish leadership to their cause. Case in point is the widespread support Trump’s appointment of David Friedman to serve as his ambassador to Israel is receiving from the community. Whereas J Street and T’ruah are circulating a petition calling for people to oppose his Senate confi mation, sources close to the issue in Washington say that AIPAC supports it. Given this political climate, Netanyahu must use his meeting with Trump to develop a working alliance to secure Israel’s long-term strategic interests both on issues of joint concern and on issues that concern Israel alone. The first issue on the agenda must be Iran. Since taking offi , Trump has signaled that unlike his predecessors, he is willing to lead a campaign against Iran. Trump has placed Iran on notice that its continued aggression will not go

and its cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah in Syria. Here, too, time is of the essence. According to news reports this week, President Bashar Assad is redeploying his forces to the Syrian border with Israel. Almost since the outset of the war in Syria six years ago, Assad’s forces have been under Iranian and Hezbollah control. If Syrian forces deploy to the border, then Iran and Hezbollah will control the border. Israel cannot permit such a development. It’s not just that such a deployment greatly expands the risk of war. As long as Russia is acting in strategic alliance with Iran and Hezbollah in Syria, the deployment of Iranian-controlled forces to the border raises the real possibility that Israel will find itself at war with Russia in Syria. Thenthere are the Sunnis. For the past six years, Netanyahu successfully withstood Obama’s pressure by developing an informal alliance with Sunni regimes that share its opposition to Iran and to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to sources aware of the Trump administration’s strategic plans, the administration wishes to integrate Israel more strongly into Washington’s alliance structure with Sunni regimes. Israel, of course, has good reason to support this plan, par-

As Israel Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned this week, Israel is concerned that in the event any of these regimes is overthrown, the advanced US weapons it field will fall under the control of Islamist forces. Then there is the fact that in exchange for taking their relations with Israel out of the proverbial closet, the Arabs will demand that Israel make concessions to the PLO. Thisthen brings us to the only subject the media is discussing in relation to Netanyahu’s upcoming meeting with Trump: Will Trump push Israel to make concessions to the PLO or won’t he? The short answer is that it doesn’t appear that Trump has the slightest intention of doing so.

munities in these areas as illegal. George W. Bush for his part, made a distinction between the so-called settlement blocs and the more isolated Israeli villages in Judea and Samaria. He gave grudging and limited support for Israel’s right to respect the property rights of Jews in the former. He rejected Jewish property rights in the latter. Trump repudiated both of these positions. In its statement on Thursday, the administration made no distinction between Jewish property rights in any of the areas. Moreover, the statement did not even reject the construction of new Israeli communities. According to the text of the statement, “the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements be-

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the US capital next week, he will be greeted by the most supportive political climate Israel has ever seen in Washington.

the position of Trump’s predecessors that Israeli communities are an obstacle to peace. In the administration’s words, “We don’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace.” After renouncing the positions of its predecessors on Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, the administration then refused to say whether its vision for peace includes a Palestinian state. In line with the Republican Party’s platform that makes no mention of support for Palestinian statehood, the Trump administration continues to question the rationale for supporting a policy that has failed for the past 95 years. Finally, the administration said it had no comment on the regulations law this week regarding Jewish construction rights in Judea and Samaria. All White House spokesman Sean Spicer would say was that it would be discussed in Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu. This brings us back to that meeting, and how Netanyahu should broach the Palestinian issue. Both from statements by administration sources since the election and from the administration’s refusal to speak with Palestinian Authority officia since Trump’s electoral victory, Trump and his top advisers have made clear that they see no upside to US support for the PLO. Th y do not want to support the PLO and they do not want to be dragged into fruitless discussions between Israel and the PLO. For the past 24 years, US mediation of those discussions has weakened America’s position in the region, has weakened Israel and has empowered the

PLO and anti-American forces worldwide. According to sources with knowledge of the administration’s position, Trump views the Israeli- Palestinian confli t as an internal Israeli issue. He expects Israel to deal with it and do so in a way that stabilizes the region and keeps the Palestinians out of the headlines, to the extent possible. In this vein, sources with knowledge of administration considerations claim that last Thursday’s White House statement on Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria was in part the result of exasperation with Israel’s inability to keep quiet on the issue. Had Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman not announced that they were issuing permits for thousands of building starts in Judea and Samaria, the White House wouldn’t have felt compelled to issue a statement on the matter. The administration’s desire to disengage from the PLO is well aligned with Israel’s strategic interests. No good has ever come to Israel from US support for the PLO. Moreover, Israel has achieved its greatest strategic successes in relation to determining its borders when it has kept its moves as low key as possible. For instance, in 1981, when then-prime minister Menachem Begin applied Israeli law to the Golan Heights, he did so with no fanfare. Rather than loudly announcing Israel’s right to sovereignty over the area, Begin insisted that the move was done to satisfy administrative imperatives and that Israel would be willing to consider border corSee Beautiful Friendship, page 36

In 1981, when then-prime minister Menachem Begin applied Israeli law to the Golan Heights, he did so with no fanfare. Rather than loudly announcing Israel’s right to sovereignty over the area, Begin insisted that the move was done to satisfy administrative imperatives and that Israel would be willing to consider border corrections in the event that Syria became serious about peace at some later date.

Over the past week, the administration has made three statements about the Palestinians. First, of course, was the White House’s statement about the so-called Israeli settlements that came out last Thursday. Although nearly all media reports on the statement claimed it aligned Trump with his predecessors in opposition

yond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving” the goal of peace. But, then again, they may be helpful. And then again, they may have no impact whatsoever on the chance of achieving peace. Not only did the administration’s statement not reject Israel’s right to build new communities, it rejected completely

As Israel Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned this week, Israel is concerned that in the event any of these regimes is overthrown, the advanced US weapons it fields will fall under the control of Islamist forces.

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Resolution 2334 and Potential Teachable Moments How a document long on anti-Israel lies can still be put to good use By: Kenneth Levin

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he United States, even as it seeks to counter UN Security Council Resolution 2334's fl uting of international law and undermining of chances for Arab-Israeli peace, may yet be able to turn elements of the resolution to something positive. The resolution, choreographed by the Obama Administration and passed with Obama’s abstention, is a relatively short document long on anti-Israel hypocrisy and lies. The most signific nt lie is the assertion, despite much international law to the contrary and nothing in international law in support of it, that all the land administered by Israel beyond the pre-1967 armistice lines is Palestinian Territory and that Israel has no legitimate claim to any of it.

The wording in 2334 that provides the transparent fig-le f of “balance” may yet be put to good purpose Among 2334's many hypocrisies, it declares that it is “Reaffirming... [Security Council] resolutions 242 (1967), [and] 338 (1973)...” In fact, it is an attempt to nullify those resolutions. Th fi st calls for the negotiation of

claim of “balance.” But the wording in 2334 that new, “secure and recognized terror and incitement in addi- provides the transparent fig-l af boundaries,” does not pre-judge tion to its advancing anti-Israel of “balance” may yet be put to good purpose. The resolution ultimate disposition of the ter- declarations. Secretary of State Kerry re- calls for “the Secretary-General ritory, and makes no reference to any of it being “Palestinian,” while the second, 338, calls for implementation of the fi st. SCR2334 also states that it is “Guided by... the Charter of the United Nations...,” but it is in violation of the Charter as the Charter reaffirms Jewish rights in the territory that 2334 asserts to be Palestinian. In addition, the resolution misrepresents the contents of the Quartet Roadmap, claiming Israeli obligations that, according to the Roadmap, were only to become operative if the Palestinians took steps with which they never complied. But the hypocrisies associat- SCR2334 also states that it is “Guided by... the Charter of the ed with 2334 extend beyond the United Nations...,” but it is in violation of the Charter as the document itself. The document, Charter reaffirms Jewish rights in the territory that 2334 asserts to while exclusively attacking, in- be Palestinian dicting, and demanding action against Israel, does refer to the ported that the United States had to report to the Council every Palestinian Authority’s responsi- insisted it would withhold its three months on the implemenbility regarding “confronting all veto only if the resolution were tation of the provisions of the those engaged in terror and dis- balanced and that its “referenc- present resolution.” The Obama mantling terrorist capabilities...” es to incitement and terrorism” Administration and the nations And elsewhere it condemns, in met that standard. Statements in that voted for the resolution addition to acts of terror, “acts a similar vein were put forward clearly anticipated that these reof provocation, incitement and by Samantha Power, American ports would consist entirely of a destruction,” and calls for re- ambassador to the UN. British catalogue of any Israeli construcfraining from “incitement and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tion beyond the pre-1967 armiinfl mmatory rhetoric.” After justified his nation’s vote in favor stice lines as well as updates on the passage of 2334, a number of the resolution by likewise cit- the implementation of anti-Israel of Western leaders justified their ing its “balance,” and the prime steps called for in the resolution. But the United States can insupport for the resolution, or, in minister and foreign minister America’s case, its abstention, of New Zealand defended their sist that these quarterly reports by noting the resolution’s sup- nation’s sponsorship of the res- contain a comprehensive review posed “balance,” its condemning olution with virtually the same of Palestinian “provocation, in-

citement and destruction,” “infl mmatory rhetoric,” and supporting of rather than “confronting of those engaged in terror” in the intervening months. Not only Hamas but the Palestinian Authority spews forth, in its media, mosques and schools, virtually unending assertions that Jews have no legitimate claim to any of the land between the Jordan and the Mediterranean but are merely alien usurpers whose presence must be extirpated. It also seeks to provoke and incite violence with declarations such as the claim that Israel is working to destroy the Muslim holy sites on the Temple Mount, that the Jews, in the words of Mahmoud Abbas, are desecrating the area with their "fi thy feet," and the call for Palestinians to throw themselves into protecting the holy sites by any means. The Palestinian Authority praises terrorists who have stabbed, shot and otherwise slain Israelis, insists that they are to be emulated, names public institutions in their honor, fin ncially supports terrorists and their families, and provides lucrative government positions to those who are released from Israeli jails. Despite Mahmoud Abbas's assertions that he will never recognize the legitimacy of a Jewish state within any borders, and his oversight of a constant litany of anti-Israel invective, provocation and incitement - a record consistent throughout his leadership of the Palestinian Authority, Pres-

ident Obama invariably characterized Abbas as a "moderate." The man who was so fond of referring to "teachable moments," by which he meant moments he chose to invoke to instruct others, remained unswervingly ineducable when it came to listening to and learning the Palestinians' objectives as articulated and acted on by their leaders. Nor has the general public been able to absorb as teachable moments Palestinian incitement, provocation and support for terror because almost all media have virtually ignored the subject and failed to inform the public about it. Some leading media outlets, such as the New York Times, have even ridiculed Israel for making note of the issue and suggesting it is a problem. But the quarterly reports called for in 2334 can be used by America's newly appointed United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, and her staff to important effect. Th y can insist on the reports' inclusion of a comprehensive catalogue of Palestinian incitement, provocation and promotion of and support for terror - a catalogue that can be measured against information gleaned from monitoring sources such as Palestinian Media Watch. They can in this way use their UN platform to bring into focus, final y, teachable truths that for far too long have been ignored and gone unlearned, thereby potentially helping address the major obstacle to genuine peace. (FRONT PAGE MAG)

Amnesty!! – What Does it All Mean? By: Tabitha Korol

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dam Ghahramani, a digital product and marketing director in New York, is an Iranian-American who penned his concerns on VentureBeat, that President Trump will prevent all Muslims from seeking asylum in these United States. He maintains that Iranians have the talent and potential to become successful, productive, good citizens, and he joined mainstream media, sundry entertainers and city official in expressing his unfounded fears of this new administration. An asylum of sorts may indeed be needed by the rioters who appear to be in perpetual meltdown. They articulate their doubts even when President Trump clearly iterated that he is following through on his campaign promise of security for all citizens – Christian, Jewish, and Muslim alike. In fact, based on reports by the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) for the previous administration, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia were identified by President Obama as the source of increasing terrorism. This is clearly a terror-prone region, home to only 8% of Muslims worldwide. Since January, 2009, we have had 32 terrorist attacks, with 83 fatalities and 402 injuries in the US, attributed by President Obama to these

nine countries. Iran: The US government classified the Islamic Republic of Iran as the “most active state sponsor of terrorism since 1948, both by direct attacks and by proxy through providing weapons, funds, training, and sanctuary to Hezbollah, Hamas, the Taliban, and militias in Iraq. Th year 2012 showed a marked resurgence of state-sponsored terrorism not seen since the 1990s. Syria: Classified the world’s worst state sponsor for terrorism since 1979, Syria also gives asylum for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, and arms Hezbollah forces in Lebanon with SCUD missiles. Syria was responsible for movement of foreign Al Qaeda affiliates into Iraq. Iraq: Provides safe haven, training, fin ncial support to terrorist groups, and support to some Islamist Palestinian groups. Iraq played a role in the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and provided fin ncial support for Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation front, Arab Liberation Front; and fin nces families of Palestinian suicide bombers. Libya: Our State Department warns US citizens against all travel to Libya; our embassy in Tripoli is closed and extremist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks against US interests in Libya and the Middle East.

Violent activity against civilian commercial interests, US officials and citizens remains high. Yemen: US government describes Yemen as an “important partner in the global war on terrorism.” A Yemini Al Qaeda masterminded the USS Cole bombing (2000); Al Qaeda mili-

nese Al-Qaeda network; Sudan maintains direct relations with Iranian Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Popular Resistance Committee. Sudan is key transit route of weapons to Gaza. Somalia: Radical Islamist terrorist group al-Shabab targets

Radical Islamist terrorist group al-Shabab targets to recruit Minneapolis Somali- American refugees to become jihadists, with the intent of imposing strict sharia law on Somalia and to attack the United States

tants have threatened the Jewish community (2007) and attacked the US Embassy (2008); bomb devices have been found on aircraft (2010), deadly terrorist strikes are a continuous threat since 2001. Sudan: Designated a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” in 1993, the Sudanese government continues to harbor international terrorist groups. President Bill Clinton prohibited transactions with Sudan; US bombed Suda-

to recruit Minneapolis SomaliAmerican refugees to become jihadists, with the intent of imposing strict sharia law on Somalia and to attack the United States. Th t we cannot vet all refugees for ties to terror has been confi med by FBI Director James Comey, National Intelligence Director James Clapper, former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich), and Hillary Clinton. With such verific tion, it is no

surprise that President Trump, a man of his word, would issue a travel ban on those countries (only) so that the DHS may establish a comprehensive vetting process. He had promised to institute a policy designed to protect our sovereignty and citizens once he took offi , and within days of his inauguration, he began to fulfill his promise by taking the steps needed to defend our values. It would be irresponsible to continue to accept untold unidentified migrants, of which any number could bring with them the instability and hostility that permeates their homelands, endangers our women and children for the dishonest cause of multiculturalism that has befallen Sweden and Germany. Unvetted immigration has turned Sweden into the Rape Capital of the West and Germany appears to be competing for the title. But while some of our population has been provoked to deep anxiety about this brief and insignific nt hiatus, we can’t help but wonder at the absence of outrage when Christians are raped and murdered by Muslims or when the entire Muslim world enacts a travel ban against travelers’ bearing passports with Israeli connections that has thus far lasted for seven decades. Still, Mr. Ghahramani warned that America would experience a dearth of talented, industrious workers from the Middle East, exampling successful children of those refugees – Steve Jobs

Unvetted immigration has turned Sweden into the Rape Capital of the West and Germany appears to be competing for the title (Apple), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), Omid Kordestani (Google), Salar Kamangar (YouTube), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Kordestani and Ali Rowghani (Twitter), Bob Miner (Oracle), Shahram Dabiri (World of Warcraft) and Sean Rad (Tinder). Yet the ban has nothing to do with a success potential. Learning why people emigrate from the Middle East to the West will shed much-needed light on the subject because people do not migrate when life is good. The e families left an oppressive existence in a tyrannical Islamic regime, an all-encompassing social, political and legal system that breeds hate against Jews, Christians, and all non-Islamic civilization – and even among themselves. Such theocratic governments confine their people into a narrow uniformity. Medieval suspicion is instilled toward the modern world, stifli g creativity in the arts and sciences. Five-timesdaily rituals of prescribed prayer further drain the vitality of creative energy. “The influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it.” See Amnesty!! – What Does , page 36

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Helping Us Speak to Hashem: A Full and Complete Soul By: Jonathan Rosenblum

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egular readers have probably discerned that I have a special place in my heart for passionate people – for all those fille with a sense of mission and the determination to complete that mission. Sometimes that passion loudly proclaims itself. Other times, it is not immediately evident. Only as the person in question starts speaking about his project does it burble to the surface and then burst through from deep recesses within.

Reb Yitzchok describes his mother as a woman who "spoke to the Ribbono shel Olam," and doing so is his deepest desire as well. Reb Yitzchok Bell's passion is defin tely of the latter sort. One's fi st impression is of an understated, soft-s oken Englishman of impeccable manners. As he starts speaking about his passion – Tehillim — however, his speech remains soft, but takes on a certain urgent tone, and he is fairly pleading that the lis-

tener should comprehend what moves him. Reb Yitzchok has produced a new, non-literal translation of Tehillim: Psalms Th t Speak To You. No expense has been spared to make the volume as beautiful as possible so that one's immediate impulse is to take it in hand. The arresting cover is by Ben Gasner. And like every cover by Gasner, it is absolutely unique and instantly recognizable as a cover that only he could have done. Th special off- hite Bible paper is at once thin and opaque for easy reading. Reb Yitzchok secured sponsors for every psalm and for each day of the week – mostly from those who have attended his classes over the years in London and Manchester, and now Jerusalem. The pages are absolutely clean, unencumbered by any scholarly apparatus – only the words of David HaMelech in Hebrew and the facing English translation, It is easy to cast one's eyes back and forth from the Hebrew to the precise phrase in English as necessary. The decision not to include introductions to various psalms concerning the circumstances of King Dovid's life that gave expression to the particular psalm

was deliberate. Reb Yitzchok's commentators.) Reb Yitzchok describes his message is: Tehillim speak to each of us in the circumstances mother as a woman who "spoke to the Ribbono shel Olam," and of our own lives, today. doing so is his deepest desire as well. One of his fi st published translations was a volume entitled Between me and You, a selection of prayers written by Rabbi Noson Sternharz with the aim of putting the concepts of Rebbe Nachman of Breslav's Likutei Moharan into tefillos Tehillim always seemed to Reb Yitzchok the logical medium for speaking to Hashem – the connecting point between "the Torah and my personal tefillah." But for that to happen he had to understand what the words meant, and too often he found the Lashon HaKodesh impenetrable and the English Reb Yitzchok Bell has translations archaic. Like so produced a new, non-literal many others, he could read the translation of Tehillim: Psalms words of Tehillim, as a religious That Speak To You. No duty or for the merit of someone expense has been spared to who was sick, but not as an exmake the volume as beautiful pression of his own soul. as possible so that one's Psalms Th t Speak To You immediate impulse is to take it began as a personal attempt to in hand make Tehillim accessible and And the purpose of the relevant to him. But the more translation is that Tehillim be he became involved with Tehilspoken, not just recited, spo- lim over decades the greater his ken and not just studied. (Th feeling of their power and desire translation itself draws heavily to help others access that power on the commentaries of Rashi as well. Prior to making aliyah, Reb and Radak and other classical

Yitzchok was a successful commercial lawyer in England. But with every promotion, including to partner in a large law firm, he took his pay raise not in money but in more days off from work, until he was working only three days a work by the end of his career. Besides his Torah learning and translation, he also trained as a marriage counselor and helped an exclusively Jewish clientele without fee. Th t counseling opened him up to ways in which the words of Tehillim speak to the full range of human emotion and can provide the hope and direction that we too often lack by enhancing our closeness to Hashem. I am unqualified to evaluate Psalms Th t Speak To You as a translation, except to say that the psalms read fluently and are easily comprehended. But others who have reviewed the volume and are qualified to pass judgment on the translation and its author have written effusively of both. Dayan Yitzchok Berger, the senior dayan of the Manchester Beth Din, wrote, "I am confide t that it will become the standard translation in the English-speaking world." And Dayan Yonason Abraham predicted the work will "revolutionize the Tehillim experience for

Reb Yitzchok Bell’s message is: Tehillim speak to each of us in the circumstances of our own lives, today.

the English-speaking community." (A series of translations of the translation into other languages is in progress.) Now that I know the author and have had the pleasure of saying Tehillim using his translation, I'm confide t that Tehillim will occupy a much larger place in my own spiritual/emotional universe. As Rabbi Eytan Feiner puts it, Reb Yitzchok "is a unique individual who warmly invites the reader to join him on his quest for spiritual growth," and has in the process opened up the world of "our greatest king and master poet."

New Edition of Psalms: A Beautiful Bridge Between Supplication and Study Kehot publication merges insightful commentaries with meaningful translation By: Menachem Posner

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he sacred words of Tehillim (Psalms) have always been a primary means by which the tears, hopes, fears and aspirations of the Jewish people ascend to the Heavenly Th one. Indeed, no single book of Scripture has been borrowed from so freely by the architects of the daily prayer service. And no volume is reached for so readily in times of trouble.

Yet scholars since the time of the Talmudists also have seen it as a text to be studied. Careful analysis of its Hebrew prose reveals great insights into its author (King David), Jewish tradition and the Divine. It was not accidental, according to the sages of the Midrash, that Moses wrote five books of the Torah, and David composed five books

index, as well as bibliography of the hundreds of scholars and texts cited in the commentary. True to the supplicatory nature of the Psalms, the edition is clearly marked for those who wish to use it to recite the daily portion of Psalms, either follow-

ing the weekly or monthly track. This outstanding offering, which is sure to take its rightful place as a major contribution to the Jewish library, is available at Jewish bookstores and at Kehot. com. (CHABAD.ORG)

‘A Time to Heal’ Earns Best Religion Book Award A work on the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s insights into human suffering By: Chabad Staff The timeless words of the Midrash, and the philosopher and scribe Ibn Ezra, can be found alongside the insights of the Kabbalists and Chassidic masters in a coffee-table-sized tome

Kehot Publications has released a new edition of “Tehillim: Book of Psalms.”

(Kehot, 2011). The silver-edged pages sport original artwork by Yanky Gitlin, and a medley of black text with green rubrication and miniature icons signify the nature of the various commentaries. An extensive appendix includes a comprehensive

of Psalms. The worlds of prayer and intensive study have long been seen as parallel but distinct forms of Divine service. That gap has been bridged by a newly released edition of Tehillim: Book of Psalms from Kehot Publications Society. The coffee-table-sized tome features large and clear Hebrew print with an eminently readable English translation. What makes the book stand out is the masterful collection of commentaries from a variety of classic and more obscure sources, many of which have never before appeared in English. The timeless words of the Midrash and the philosopher and scribe Ibn Ezra can be found alongside the insights of the Kabbalists and Chassidic masters. The translation is also a commentary of sorts, carefully ren-

dering King David’s sometimes cryptic words into readable English. Occasionally, additional words inspired by the commentaries’ understanding of the verses are interpolated into the text in a smaller type. Another unique feature is the "Psalms in Practice," sprinkled throughout the book. Drawing from the corpus of Jewish literature, it features Jewish laws and customs that the sages have extracted by way of careful analysis of the texts. Like the other commentaries, each entry is meticulously sourced and footnoted. The work is the product of a team of scholars led by Rabbi Yosef Marcus, and sponsored by Howard and Claire Glowinsky. Aesthetically, it is a companion of Marcus’s previous offerings—the highly acclaimed Pirkei Avot: Ethics of the Fathers (Kehot, 2009) and Haggadah

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Time to Heal, Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson’s rendering of the responses of the Lubavitcher Rebbe(Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory) to tragedy and suffering, has received the “Best Book Award” under the general category of religion in the “Best Book Awards” international competition. A beautiful meditation and compilation, this book explores numerous instances throughout the Rebbe’s four decades of leadership, where he offers insight and consolation to individuals and communities in their greatest moments of need, highlighting his unique approach that incorporated both staunch devotion to G d and deep compassion for humankind. To a young widow who was struggling with how to explain her husband’s death to her children, the Rebbe replied: “Explain to [your children]

To the rabbi whose community had recently lost two young members to untimely deaths, the Rebbe quoted the Chassidic adage: “Think good, and it will be good.” Whether dealing with the tragic, accidental death of Ariel Sharon’s 11-year-old son Gur or the unspeakable 1956 massacre in Kfar Chabad, Israel—or even when discussing with former Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett a religious response to the Holocaust—the Rebbe had the ability to console and validate "A Time to Heal" explores the anguished feelings and sufnumerous instances ferings of those in great pain. throughout the Rebbe’s “A hallmark of the Rebbe’s decades of leadership, where he offered insight and approach to the world was an almost stubborn optimism in consolation to individuals the face of tragedy—a refusal to and communities in their live in fear or to see our world greatest moments of need as anything but inherently the way it is in truth: Th t good,” writes Kalmenson in the there are souls that are so pure book, which was produced by and holy that G d wants them Chabad.org and published by to be in the heavens, after they Ezra Press, an imprint of Kehot have completed their mission Publication Society. in this world, and guard [over See ‘A Time to Heal’ , page 37 their loved ones].”

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Hidabrut: Using Innovative Media to Spread “Toras Emes” the World Over By: Anat Ghelber

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idabrut is a Jewish spiritual organization whose aims are to bring Jews closer to the Jewish faith in a meaningful, intimate way. The organization is headed by Rabbi Zamir Cohen and its intentions are to accomplish this through accessible means like television, specifical y the fi st ever Jewish Television Network, launched in 2002. It’s hoped that using media in this manner, and its popularity with the common people, will bring more awareness to the Jewish people worldwide of all aspects of Judaism. As the organization itself puts it in regards to all the mysteries of the Jewish faith awaiting those who wish to explore, “Taste it and you will experience the goodness of G-d.” The Hidabrut television channel is on channel 97. It’s available to the public 24 hours a day via cable and satellite, with the exception of Shabbat and holidays. Viewers can expect a large range of programming for all types of Jews throughout Israel. Th y include talk shows, family programming, Torah classes, and programming connected to the cycle of the Jewish year and holidays. A Geocartography survey noted that at least 264,000

homes view the Hidabrut channel every day. 28 programs can be found on the broadcast schedule every day. Over the last year, 1,715 programs in total were turned out via Hidabrut studios with 8,760 programs going over the air. The network itself is rated a 25% in niche channels. Hidabrut also maintains a website, which is the largest Jewish website throughout the world. Th ough this site, people may also view the Hidabrut TV channel 24 hours a day as well as search out programs aired in the past. The website receives 2,500,000 hits a month according to Google Analytics. Th average viewing time is 17 minutes. The content of the website includes: sections devoted to current events and issues, Judaism, women, spirituality, science and the Torah, children, culture, and family. The Video On Demand section covers all of Hidabrut’s channels so people may view what they like in a constantly updated and user-friendly fashion. Hidabrut is currently working on launching websites in additional languages, so as to make unique Jewish content accessible to Jews around the world. Hidabrut’s printed monthly magazine, with its articles in full color on glossy paper, cov-

er a wide range of subjects related to Jewish life. “Hidabrut Oneg Shabbat” pamphlets are given out in thousands of synagogues every week so people

The e are Hidabrut conventions and meetings organized around Israel every week. Weekend holiday trips are organized as well, staying in hotels

Hidabrut is a Jewish spiritual organization whose aims are to bring Jews closer to the Jewish faith in a meaningful, intimate way. The organization is headed by Rabbi Zamir Cohen and its intentions are to accomplish this through accessible means like television, specifically the first ever Jewish Television Network, launched in 2002

can appreciate Torah content at weekly Shabbat tables. A virtual magazine, “Hidabrut End of the Week edition,” is emailed to subscribers numbering in the tens of thousands every Thursday. Hidabrut’s daily newsletter, plus a weekly special newsletter with Questions and Answers providing information requested from Hidabrut Rabbis, is also available.

around Israel providing rest and recreation. The Hidabrut website’s vacation section provides up-to-date-information on scheduling of all the above. Community needs are also focused on with Hidabrut. They include: a Torah section which focuses on the taking of Challah and in-home seminars. An IMA section which stands for Ima Matzilah Oti, a mother saving

her child from abortion. The e is also a section on saving captive Jewish women, a section focusing on the distribution of charity to the needy, and much more. Hidabrut also maintains a successful matchmaking site named “Sheva Berachot," which contains over 24,000 potential matches in its databank. Over 520 couples have been married through it. Hidabrut aims to increase its activities worldwide. Its diaspora section is currently tasked with video recording hundreds of lecturers in every language all around the world. Hidabrut’s website is currently being translated into different languages, including English, with an English Hidabrut channel in Israel. A convert is being developed to distribute Hidabrtu programming worldwide. In the words of Hidabrut’s head, Rabbi Zamir Cohen, "Our aim is to bring Jews together, and to present Judaism the way it is. Judaism is a beautiful and non-threatening religion, but sadly, many people view it differently because they have not been exposed to the enormous positive change Judaism can make in their lives. We never bring up Hell when we talk to our audience – we tell them about the love and security that real Judaism has to offer,

Hidabrut also maintains a website, which is the largest Jewish website throughout the world. Through this site, people may also view the Hidabrut TV channel 24 hours a day not only in the next world but in this world as well. For example, let’s take eating Kosher without even talking about religion. It has been scientifical y proven that those who eat Kosher are healthier than those who don’t. This is just one example out of many in which science proves the Torah right. We see today in the whole world that Jewish people are hungry to hear the original Judaism the way that it is. Th y want to learn, they want to feel connected to Judaism, and to the sources, to the core of Judaism. But what the community is asking is that the teachings of Judaism will be presented not forcefully and threateningly but rather in a warm, loving way. And so, when we present Judaism and, let's call it, put the things on the table…we do it that way without any political agenda. Judaism itself is really beautiful and pure and it guides the person to a good and happy life."

The Workshop Theater to Present “Through the Darkness” – Testimonies from the Holocaust Composite characters offer powerful testimonials of survival in the Holocaust Edited by: JV Staff

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hrough the Darkness" by Alan C. Breindel recounts the unimaginable journeys and true stories of four courageous men and women who left everything behind, including their loved ones, so that they might stay one step ahead of the Holocaust. They are composite characters that playwright Breindel built from interviews with Holocaust survivors. Three of the four characters managed to avoid the horrors of the concentration camps and remain free, even if freedom was no more than the right to die on their own terms. The Workshop Th ater, where the play has been developed, will present its world premiere March 9 to April 1, directed by Leslie Kincaid Burby. The characters include a German Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1930s, was draft ed and became a POW during the Battle of the Bulge; a Polish woman who could pass as Christian and spent the war on the run; a woman sent from the Lodz Ghetto to Auschwitz and a daring son of a Polish peddler who fled to Russia and survived by working for the Soviets in Siberia and later, by joining the Polish Army. For most of them, chaos was inescapable, freedom was motion, and the only safe place was anyplace other than

where they were. Each of the characters repeatedly comes face to face with seemingly insurmountable obstacles to daily survival, showing us that when life is vastly different, life is still livable. We meet these four characters as people in late middle age, living comfortably in America in the mid 1980's. When performed, the piece will have the veracity of real-life stories, staged on a simple set with a frank, plainspoken mood as the four composite characters respond simply to questions from a writer/narrator they interact with. Playwright Breindel writes, "I began writing Th ough the Darkness in 2012, although the seed was planted in 1987 when my family moved to our fi st home. My neighbor would occasionally share bits and pieces of how he managed to remain alive and "on the run" during WWII in Europe, all the while avoiding the horrors of the concentration camps. It was during one of these conversations that I committed myself to writing a play about Jack's story and those with similar stories to tell. I was already beginning to sense that the memory of the Holocaust was fading, and that lesser known narratives were needed to insure its lasting memory. Over the ensuing years, I interviewed women and men with similar stories

or to attract some high school groups, even though the play is not specifical y designed for younger audiences. The proof survival which I managed to duction's staff feels it is foolish weave into four distinct characto underestimate young people's ters. Following years of writing, understanding of theater and it rewriting, staged readings, and is more persuasive, they hold, the advice, support and encourto challenge young audiences agement of family, friends and than to "talk down" to them. theater professionals, I settled For group sales, contact Kevin on the four characters that make Stanfa at The Workshop Th ater, up 'Th ough the Darkness' in its ticketing@workshoptheater.org, current form." 212-695-4173. Director Leslie Burby feels the play will feel like a fi st-hand experience that, because of the intimacy of theater, will be more moving than even a documentary film. She explains, "I feel it is important for these stories to be told, so we can never forget. This is even more important now than before, because we are getting close to forgetting." She adds, "The e survivors—very resourceful people—came up with crazy ways (and luck) to get through. The play is a dark journey to go on with these folks, but very inspiring. It's also L-R: Tracy Newirth, Robert Meksin, Jed Dickson (as the an opportunity to grieve for the Interviewer), Alex Dmitriev, Emily Zacharias. Photo by Gerry people who didn't make it and Goodstein. the children who were never The individual narratives, is still surviving.) Therefore, the born." Th mas Cote, Artistic Diwhile being occasionally com- story of the Holocaust must be rector of The Workshop Th ater, posites of people Breindel in- told and re-told now, especially adds that the play's lessons are terviewed, are largely rendered to young people. This type of also universal, since it is basicalwithout dramatic license. Th y theater can do that very effec- ly a story of people surviving a are real people's stories and are tively, and in a way that is differ- genocidal confli t. So it is easily eyewitness-sharp. What the ent and possibly more affecting comparable, thematically, to any interviewees had not personal- even than documentary film number of modern wars. Approximately 15 months ly witnessed themselves, they So The Workshop Th ater, belearned from a trusted personal side marketing to standard New ago, playwright Alan C. Breindel source, like a brother or a close York audiences, will endeav- was invited to join The Workfriend. Th t veracity is transferred into the play. The intimacy and simplicity of the acting and the truthfulness of the stories will make this production feel like the fi st hand experience of sitting with the survivors and hearing their accounts. The production team feels that America's memory of the Holocaust and its causes is slipping away. (Only one of the four people that Breindel interviewed

shop Th ater, to read excerpts of the play on Monday evenings to members of the company and hear other writers do the same. With the feedback he received, he continued to polish the play. In September of 2016, the piece was selected to be a part of Th Workshop Th ater's 2016/2017 production season. Thisis Mr. Breindel's fi st play. He was born in 1954 and has continuously resided in the New York Metropolitan area. His parents were both born in the United States and were intensely proud of their Jewish faith. He attended a Jewish Day School though fifth grade, became a Bar-Mitzvah at age 13, and and was raised in a Jewish home. He is a graduate of Queens College and Brooklyn Law School (although he is not a practicing attorney); his professional career is in real estate fin nce and investment banking. He is married with two children. He is active in Temple B'nai Jeshurun of Short Hills, New Jersey, a Reform congregation, where he teaches a class in the study of Mussar which focuses on Jewish ethics, spiritual growth and mindfulness. The actors are Jed Dickson, Robert Meksin, Tracy Newirth, Emily Zacharias and Alex Dmitriev. Set design is by Craig Napoliello. Costume design is by Kimberley Windbiel. Lighting design is by Diana Duecker. Sound design is by David M. Lawson. Production Stage Manager is Lisa Stafford.

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U.S. Ill Prepared for Convicted Jihadis Ending Their Prison Sentences By: Patrick Dunleavy "O Allah, Free the Muslim Prisoners."

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he old adage, "Out of sight, out of mind" does not apply to dealing effectively with the threat of Islamism especially in the case of terrorists who have been captured or incarcerated. Radical Islamic organizations such as al-Qaida and ISIS never forget their members. To them, going to prison is part of the pathway to paradise. Both groups' leaders, Ayman al-Zawahri and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, spent considerable periods of time locked up. It did nothing to diminish their zeal, but rather, fueled their fervor. Often, as in their cases, what comes out of prison is worse than what went in. This is further illustrated by the increased number of terrorists released from Guantanamo who rejoin the fi ht against U.S. military personnel. Almost one in three released prisoners return to the jihadists' fold. Thi recidivism can be attributed in part to the admonitions terrorists receive to assist those who are captured or imprisoned.

That support may include financial help for their families and for legal fees. These instructions were found in a training manual discovered in 2000 by law enforcement offic s in Manchester, England. "I take this opportunity to address our prisoners. We have not forgotten you," al-Zawahiri said in an interview with Al Shabab commemorating the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. "We are still committed to the debt of your salvation . . . until we shatter your shackles." AQAP's Inspire magazine went so far as to list the names of incarcerated members for all to remember. Th y do this because jihadis fi mly believe that sooner or later they'll be reunited with those members. If that isn't ominous enough, consider the fact that as many as 100 people convicted of terror-related offenses in U.S. prisons will be set free in less than four years. And yet, while Islamic terrorist organizations have rapidly changed in their recruitment and tactical methodologies overall, the U.S. has not adapted to countering the evolving

and law enforcement agencies joined together to share. Legislation has changed how the judicial system prosecutes terrorists. "Our criminal law was unprepared for international terrorism. We simply did not have statutes and penalties that fit what terrorists do," said former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy, who led the prosecution against the fi st World Trade Center bombers and blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman. A vigorous debate continues whether to treat terrorists as criminals or as enemy combatants. A reasonable consensus among the military and the judicial branches is building for the use of both designations. Two significant changes, in policy and practice, toward radical Islamic terrorists remain to be addressed. Terrorists go into prison Security classification must not be downgraded simply because much the same way as the burthe terrorist has become "jail wise" (exhibited good behavior) glar, the drug dealer, or the pelike "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who will be released dophile. Th y are housed and from prison in two years. fed in existing correctional faState of the art technologies help cilities with common criminals. threat. In the United States, the num- collect and analyze data. Fu- No mandatory rehabilitation ber of terror-related incidents sion centers were created to get or de-radicalization programs increased exponentially since the information into the hands exist for convicted Islamic ter9-11. As they did, authorities of investigators in real time. rorists. And when they are readapted new ways to investigate. Counter terrorism, intelligence, leased, there is no specialized

supervisory program applied to monitor their employment or whereabouts. This situation has to change if we are to deal effectively with terrorism. We should establish a registration list for convicted terrorists. This would provide local authorities with the identity of those recently released to their communities. It has been successfully used with sex offenders. It can work if properly applied. With as many as 500 terrorists now in custody and more to come, the custodial system must also evolve in how it handles jihadists. Security classific tion must not be downgraded simply because the terrorist has become "jail wise" (exhibited good behavior) like "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who will be released from prison in two years. Special administrative measures – conditions of confine ment – which restrict visits, correspondence and other prison privileges assigned to terrorists must continue. Uniform security standards for imprisoned terrorists should be established in the federal, See U.S. Ill Prepared for Convicted , page 37

Sunni States' Military Spending Sprees Could Fall to Radical Islamists By: Yaakov Lappin

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aced with an array of developing threats to their stability and survival, Sunni Arab states have gone on an unprecedented military spending spree, buying up some of the very best capabilities the West has to offer. Thi development holds the potential for danger should these states be overrun by radical Islamists. As long as the Sunni governments, guided by concerns over Iran, ISIS and other extremist actors, remain fi mly in power, possessing high quality Western weapons in such large quantities will serve their goals of defending themselves. But should the Sunni countries disintegrate into failed states, or undergo an Islamist revolution – an unfortunate yet distinct possibility in the 21st century, chaotic Middle East - Israel and the West could face an explosively dangerous development. An organized Islamist rise to power would see the military forces of such states come under the command of belligerent decision makers. Alternatively,

The scenario of jihadists seizing game-changing military capabilities is real enough for Israel to acknowledge that it is planning ahead for it as a necessary precaution.

a failed state scenario would mean that military bases in these countries could be looted, and deadly platforms taken over. Either way, the scenario of jihadists seizing game-chang-

believe that the current situation will remain as it is. "In five, 10, or 15 years, states can fall," he warned. Eshel was referring to pragmatic Sunni states that, like Israel, are deeply threatened by

Saudi Arabia in recent years has replaced Russia as the third largest defense spender in the world

ing military capabilities is real enough for Israel to acknowledge that it is planning ahead for it as a necessary precaution. Outgoing Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel spoke explicitly of this danger on Jan. 24 at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. His air force must know how to act as a precise surgeon, Eshel said, able to conduct pinpoint strikes based on fine intelligence. But it also must be able to operate like a "big hammer" able to deal with large-scale threats. In the tumultuous Middle East, he said, it seems unreasonable to

Iran's expanding radical Shi'ite axis, and by Salafi jihadist Sunni groups that are bent on destroying all countries that do not fit their vision of an extremist caliphate. "Even if we have shared regional interests [with these Sunni countries now], we do not know what will happen in the future. Western military sales to these countries have reached $200 billion. This is state of the art weaponry. It is not just about the quantity," Eshel said. It is the Air Force's responsibility to assume that "something will collapse." Most of the Arab countries'

spending spree has gone into their air forces and surface-toair missiles. The Israel Air Force must ensure it can deal with these capabilities, he added, in the event of future jihadist revolutions.

loons to Saudi Arabia. ISIS has already built and deployed its own armed drones, according to reports, and if its goal of seizing control of state assets were realized, it could try to use some of the means on the battlefiel .

Outgoing Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel said his air force must know how to act as a precise surgeon; able to conduct pinpoint strikes based on fine intelligence. In the tumultuous Middle East, he said, it seems unreasonable to believe that the current situation will remain as it is. "In five, 10, or 15 years, states can fall," he warned. Eshel was referring to pragmatic Sunni states that, like Israel, are deeply threatened by Iran's expanding radical Shi'ite axis, and by Salafi jihadist Sunni groups that are bent on destroying all countries that do not fit their vision of an extremist caliphate.

In the same week that Eshel spoke, the U.S. State Department announced the fi st weapons sales to Gulf states under the Trump administration, pending approval by Congress. The sales reportedly include $400 million worth of helicopter gunship parts and air-to-air missiles to Kuwait, and $525 million for intelligence bal-

Gulf Arab countries continue to break records in their rush to purchase military hardware. As part of its bid to deter Iran and boost its ability to hit the Islamic Republic's capital, Tehran, Saudi Arabia modernized its missile arsenal in recent years, purchasing Chinese medium-range surface-to-surface missiles from China, in a deal reportedly facil-

itated by the CIA. More recently, the Saudis, who are leading a coalition against Iran-backed Houthi Shi'ite rebels in Yemen, spent $179.1 billion on weapons in 2016, and intend to spend $190 billion in 2017. Saudi Arabia in recent years has replaced Russia as the third largest defense spender in the world. Salafi jihadists would like nothing more than to topple the Saudi royal court, which they see as a Western puppet, and take control of Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina. Last September, the U.S. approved $7 billion worth of fi hter jets (F-15s and F-18s) to Kuwait and Qatar, and more than $1 billion in F-16 sales to Bahrain. Egypt, too, has joined the shopping rush, becoming the world's fourth largest defense importer in 2016, buying up arms from the U.S. and France, as well as submarines from Germany. Egypt, which is in a state of deep civil confli t with the Muslim Brotherhood, is also fi hting a stubborn ISIS jihadist insurgency in its Sinai province. ISIS' terror campaign has claimed many lives among Egyptian security forces, and threatens to spread to other areas of the country. After the fall and disintegration of Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, the idea that the Middle Eastern See Sunni States' Military , page 37

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U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) places his hand on an English translation of the Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson and held by his wife Kim (C) as he is sworn in as the first Muslim member of Congress by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Captitol Hill in Washington, January 4th, 2007.

NY Assemblyman launches petition asking Sen. Schumer to rescind support for Ellison

(VIN) Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) launched an online petition addressed to Senator Charles E. Schumer today, calling on him to rescind his support for Congressman Keith Ellison to be the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee. “Keith Ellison has disqualified himself from becoming the next chair of the DNC,” said Hikind. “Ellison is the most polarizing choice. Not only are his views radical, but they are divisive. Whether his embracing of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan or his support of the one-sided Goldstone Report, Ellison is clearly not the leader anyone should embrace.” Ellison has a long history of being a controversial figu e. Conveniently after getting elected to Congress in 2006, he then apologized for his involvement in the Nation of Islam. “Why was his apology only issued after getting elected?” asked Hikind. “Ellison’s record clearly refle ts he is no friend and is certainly dangerous to the State of Israel. In 2014, he voted against funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. In 2010, at a fundraiser, he said that American foreign policy is governed by Israeli interests. Is this the future leader of the Democratic Party?” Senator Schumer, are there no mainstream candidates to lead us? ” asked Hikind. “Instead of bringing Democrats together, Ellison will further divide the Party. Senator Schumer, pull the plug on your support for Ellison. He will be a disaster for the Democratic Party,” said Hikind.

NEWS IN REVIEW Disney severs ties with YouTube star over anti-Semitic videos

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Walt Disney Company severed ties with the world's biggest YouTube star Tuesday following a series of anti-Semitic videos. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has 53 million fans worldwide, and his videos have amassed some 14.7 billion views. The 27-year-old Swede usually focuses on video games, and his huge fan base has allowed him to turn his YouTube channel into a lucrative business, earning more than $14 million a year from advertising, sponsorships and appearance fees. According to reports, a key part of Kjellberg's empire is a joint venture with Disney's Maker Studios, which he inked in 2014. This gave him co-ownership of a multichannel network called Revelmode that produces videos, mobile apps and merchandise. But Kjellberg recently shocked fans when he released a series of videos containing anti-Semitic jokes and Nazi imagery. Kjellberg posted nine offensive videos during the past six months. A video posted Jan. 11 featured two men holding a banner reading, "Death to all Jews," and a video posted Jan. 22 featured a man dressed as Jesus saying, "Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong." “Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate,” a spokesperson for Maker Studios told the Wall Street Journal.

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ing missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop. Pedro Hernandez showed no reaction as jurors delivered their verdict. Another jury had deadlocked following 18 days of deliberation in 2015, leading to a retrial that spanned more than three months. Hernandez, who once worked in a convenience store in Etan’s neighborhood, had confessed, but his lawyers said his admissions were the false imaginings of a mentally ill man. This time, the jury deliberated over nine days before findi g Hernandez, 56, guilty of murder during a kidnapping in a case that shaped both parenting and law enforcement practices in the United States. Some of the jurors from the first trial attended the second one, and several of them wept Tuesday as the verdict was read. The slain boy’s father, Stan Patz, was being comforted by the ex-jurors and appeared to wipe tears from his eyes. The Patz family and authorities may never know exactly what became of the boy. No trace of him has been found since the May day he vanished, on the fi st day he got the grown-up privilege of walking alone to the bus stop about two blocks away in a thenedgy but neighborly part of lower Manhattan.

NATIONAL Netanyahu says he sees ‘eye to eye’ with Trump upon departing for Washington

(JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he sees “eye to eye” with President Donald Trump on the dangers facing the Middle East as the Israeli leader boarded his plane Monday for his first official meeting with the new American president. "The alliance between Israel and America has always been extremely strong and it is about to get even stronger," Netanyahu said. "President Trump and I see Stanley Patz, father of Etan Patz, eye to eye on the dangers in the speaks to the media at the state Supreme Court in the Manhattan region, but also about the opportunities. We will talk about both borough of New York, May 8, as well as upgrading the relation2015. REUTERS/Brendan ship between Israel and the U.S. McDermid/File Photo in many, many fields” NY man guilty of murder Trump and Netanyahu are exin 1979 disappearance pected to address a broad range of 6-year-old of issues during their meeting (VIN) A former store clerk Wednesday at the White House, was convicted Tuesday of murder from the regional threats posed in one of the nation’s most haunt- by Iran and terror groups to Is-

raeli settlement construction and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

President Donald Trump (pictured) told the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom that he believes settlements “don’t help the [peace] process” and that he is still “studying” the potential move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Trump says settlements ‘don’t help’ peace process, still ‘studying’ US embassy move

(JNS.org) In an interview published Friday, President Donald Trump told the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom that he believes settlements “don’t help the [peace] process.” “They (Israeli settlements) don't help the process. I can say that. The e is so much land left And every time you take land for settlements, there is less land left” Trump said. Trump’s statement comes days after the Israeli Knesset passed the Regulation Law, which retroactively legalizes some 4,000 homes in outposts throughout Judea and Samaria. Earlier this month, the Trump administration had said, “While we don’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving” peace. Regarding the possible embassy relocation to the capital of Jerusalem, Trump took a more cautious tone than he did in previous statements during the presidential campaign, when he vowed to move the embassy. “I am thinking about the embassy, I am studying the embassy [issue], and we will see what happens. The embassy is not an easy decision,” Trump said. Trump also said he wishes to avoid public criticism of Israel. “I don't want to condemn Israel,” he said. “Israel has had a long history of condemnation and difficulty. And I don't want to be condemning Israel. I understand Israel very well, and I respect

Israel a lot, and they have been through a lot.”

Patriots owner Kraft to donate $6 million for Israel’s first American football stadium

(JNS.org) On the heels of his franchise’s latest Super Bowl title, New England Patriots owner and five-time National Football League (NFL) champion Robert Kraft has announced that he will donate $6 million to a new regulation-sized American football stadium near Jerusalem. Set to open later this year, the stadium will be Israel’s fi st regulation-sized American football field and will serve the country’s growing interest in the sport. Currently, there are 1,350 active football players in Israel, with dozens of teams across the country. Betzalel Friedman, CEO of the Israel Football League, told the Tazpit Press Service that the shortage of regulation-sized football stadiums “has limited the quality and popularity of the game” in the Jewish state. Th goal is to build three additional fields in Israel during the next decade. The Jerusalem football fi ld will bear the Kraft family’s name and is being built in cooperation with the Jerusalem Foundation, Moriah - Jerusalem Development Corporation and Israel’s Sports Betting Authority, as well as with the help of Israel Football Association President Steve Leibowitz.

FEBRUARY 17, 2017 it is adding North Korea to its list of destinations, the fi st time an Israeli travel agency has offered organized tours to the East Asian rogue state. Tarbutu is the sole operator in Israel for the trips, and will handle the visa application process with North Korean authorities. Israelis have previously been allowed into North Korea only through Chinese tourism companies, and only about 100 Israelis have gone on such trips. Tarbutu's initiative was made possible after it joined forces with a North Korean tourism company operating under the auspices of the Korean International Sports Travel Company, a state-owned tourism agency. Tarbutu announced dates for four organized tours in April to May 2017. The tours will include sightseeing at important landmarks and regions, including the large monuments in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. "North Korea is undoubtedly one of the most interesting countries on earth," Tarbutu program manager Haim Peres told Israel Hayom. "It is an isolated state that is cut off from the rest of the world, including its neighbors.”

102 ‘lost’ Indian Jews immigrating to Israel this week

(JNS.org) One-hundred and two members of India’s Bnei Menashe community are arriving in Israel this week, marking the latest group of so-called “lost” Jews to make aliyah. Members of the Bnei Menashe community claim to descend INTERNATIONAL from Jews banished from ancient Israel to India in the 8th century BC. Their immigration is organized by Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based nonprofit that calls itself “the only Jewish organization today that is actively reaching out to ‘lost Jews’ in an effort to facilitate their return [to Israel].” In 2005, then-Sephardi Chief The Ryugyong Hotel and the Rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar ofMonument to the Victorious ficial y recognized the Bnei MeFatherland Liberation War in nashe as a lost tribe, and about Pyongyang, North Korea. The 1,700 Bnei Menashe members Israeli company Tarbutu said it is moved to Israel before the Israeli adding North Korea to its list of government stopped giving them destinations, the first time an visas. The government later reIsraeli travel agency has offered versed that policy, enabling Bnei tours to the rogue state. Credit: Menashe immigration to resume. Clay Gilliland via Wikimedia The latest Bnei Menashe imCommons. migrants come from the northIn first, Israeli company eastern Indian state of Mizoram, offers tours of North Korea and are the fi st members of their (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to community to make aliyah since JNS.org) The Israeli company January 2014. Thi ty of the Bnei Tarbutu announced Sunday that Menashe immigrants arrived

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Feb. 14, and the remaining 72 are on TP-XP drone and the Bird Eye tactical UAV, which enable a wide arriving Feb. 16. variety of intelligence-gathering capabilities. IAI will also present its strategic radar and satellite communication systems; electro-optical systems using high-defin tion technology; modular, compact command and surveillance systems; a variety of dynamic-platform mission aircraft for intelliThe U.N. Human Rights Council gence missions; and cybertech((UNHRC) meeting room in nology. The company said it exGeneva. An upcoming UNHRC pects to expand its collaboration report that would establish a with leading Indian companies to database of companies with ties integrate strategic state-of-the-art to Israeli settlements has been systems for the Indian Defense delayed until later this year. Ministry. IAI's contracts in InCredit: Ludovic Courtès via dia amounted to $500 million in Wikimedia Commons. 2016.

UN to delay ‘blacklist’ report on companies with Israeli settlement ties

(JNS.org) An upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report that would establish a database of companies with ties to Israeli settlements has been delayed until later this year. "There is a need for more time, it is a very complex issue," a Western diplomat told Reuters. "You need to have a clear vision of how you list the companies, what is the exact criteria." Israel has described the UNHRC database, which was originally commissioned last March, as a “blacklist,” while accusing the 47-member nation agency of acting “obsessively” against Israel. Critics of the report fear that the database will be used to implement boycotts of Israeli businesses. The Pakistan-led proposal to create the report on settlement ties was backed by 32 countries. The U.S., which does not have a vote in the UNHRC, voiced strong objections to it.

An Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron drone on display at the Paris Air Show. IAI will showcase its cutting-edge drones and other strategic defense systems at Aero India 2017—the world's second-largest air show—in Bangalore, India, Feb. 14-18. Credit: Tangopaso via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli defense firm to showcase drone technology at India aerospace expo

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will showcase its cutting-edge drones and other strategic defense systems at Aero India 2017—the world's second-largest air show—in Bangalore, India, Feb. 14-18. According to a statement on IAI's website, the Jewish state’s largest aerospace and defense company will showcase its newest systems, with an emphasis on long- and medium-range surface-to-air missile defense systems and unmanned combat aerial systems, including the Her-

University’s Truman Research Institute next summer, and will “bring together youth, educators and academics to Jerusalem under the banner of ‘The Culture of Encounter Th ough Education.’” International scholars and organizations dealing with social issues, as well as researchers from around the world, are expected to join the participants at Hebrew University “to discuss the promotion of peace and a better future, and the role of academia in social action.” “Religion can bring us together and teach us to create the bonds of friendship. With the intuition of Scholas and the intelligence and history of the Hebrew University, I am sure that this will produce great changes in the world,” Pope Francis said.

MIDDLE EAST Israel reportedly pulls its Egypt ambassador over security concerns

France's far-right National Front party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (pictured) said that if elected, she would ban dual citizenship with non-European Union member states, including Israel. Credit: Jannick Jeremy via Wikimedia Commons.

France’s Marine Le Pen: if elected, French Jews will need to renounce Israeli citizenship

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In an interview with France 2 TV Thursday, France's far-right National Front party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that if elected, she would ban dual citizenship with non-European Union member states. Asked whether her immigration program would affect French Jews with dual Israeli citizenship, she said it would. "Israel is not a European Union member and does not identify as such," she said. The fi st round of the French presidential election is scheduled for April 23. In a recent interview with Israel's Channel 2, Le Pen said that if elected, she would ban the wearing of yarmulkes in public, as part of a ban on all religious symbols in public that constitutes a "joint struggle" in the fi ht against radical Islam. She said she realized the ban would be "asking a lot."

Pope Francis meets Hebrew University officials to plan interfaith education program

(JNS.org) Pope Francis met with official from Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop and plan an interfaith educational program seeking to promote civic opportunity and dialogue among youths from the Middle East and around the world. According to organizers, the initiative will be an international conference hosted by the Vatican’s Pontifical Scholas Occurentes program and Hebrew

(JNS.org) Israel has reportedly pulled its ambassador to Egypt over security concerns. Ambassador David Govrin, who took over the post last summer, was quietly pulled out of the country at the end of 2016 over concerns for his safety and has since been working from Jerusalem, with the hopes of returning to Egypt soon, Israeli official told The elegraph. Israel officia y reopened its embassy in Cairo last summer, four years after a mob had invaded the embassy there and forced staff to barricade themselves in a safe room, until Egyptian commandos rescued them after President Barack Obama intervened. The report over Govrin’s withdrawal was fi st reported on Facebook by Amin el-Mahdy, an Egyptian political analyst. But el-Mahdy said the ambassador was pulled from Egypt due to Israeli-Egyptian political tensions over the Gaza Strip. “Why is Netanyahu is hiding from his people the details of his confl ct with the Egyptian military junta, and with Sisi, his staunch ally? ” el-Mahdy wrote on Facebook. Israeli official denied there was a political reason for the ambassador’s withdrawal, according to The Telegraph. Nevertheless, the official did not identify a specific security threat, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the report.

Hamas elects radical new political leader in Gaza Strip

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Hamas has elected a new political leader in the Gaza Strip to replace Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian media reported Monday. Haniyeh, meanwhile, is slated to replace Khaled Mashaal as the terrorist organization's political bureau chief. Qatar-based leader Mashaal announced last year that he would be stepping down from his current role. According to reports, Haniyeh's successor in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was elected in a secret ballot vote. Sinwar, 52, is a known Hamas hard-liner and a senior member

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of the terror group’s “military wing,” the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades. He was released from an Israeli prison as part of the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange with Israel, after having spent 22 years behind bars over the murder of Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel. He was also involved in the planning of the 1994 abduction and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman. Sinwar was appointed to Hamas’s political wing four years ago and succeeded in creating a new position—a liaison between the terrorist group's “political” and “military” wings—gaining him considerable influence within the organization. In fact, Sinwar is widely considered the most powerful man in Gaza today.

custody, while angry civilians cursed and tried to beat the assailant.

Hamas claims it turned down Israeli prisoner exchange offer

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Palestinian terror group Hamas claimed Wednesday that it recently turned down an Israeli offer of a prisoner exchange deal meant to secure the return of two civilians and the remains of two soldiers held in the Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul and Lt. Hadar Goldin were killed in separate battles during the Israel-Hamas war in the summer of 2014. Ethiopian Israeli Avera Mengistu and Bedouin Hisham al-Sayed, both suffering from mental health issues, crossed into Gaza willingly in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and were captured by Hamas. A senior Hamas officia was quoted by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network Wednesday as saying that the Israeli offer failed to meet Hamas's basic demands. Earlier this week, Arab media reported that the Gaza-ruling terrorist group rejected an Israeli offer to exchange Bilal Razaineh, a Hamas operative held in Israel, for one of the prisoners held in Gaza. Razaineh, the brother of a Israeli police officers guard the top Hamas security offici , sufscene of last Thursday’s shooting fers from a heart condition. Acand stabbing terror attack in cording to reports, Israel sought Petah Tikva. Credit: Flash90. to release him on humanitarian 7 Israelis wounded in grounds in order to secure the terror attack in Petah Tikva return of either Mengistu or al(JNS.org) Seven Israelis were Sayed. wounded after a shooting and Israel's Iron Dome stabbing terror attack Thursday intercepts 3 rockets at an open-air market in the cenfired at Eilat by Islamic tral city of Petah Tikva, a suburb State affiliate of Tel Aviv. According to Israeli police, (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to an 18-year-old Palestinian from JNS.org) Four rockets were fired Nablus opened fi e on a bus near Feb. 8 at the southern Israeli city the market and then committed a of Eilat. The Iron Dome defense stabbing at a sewing shop before system intercepted three projecbeing subdued by civilians and tiles, while the fourth exploded arrested by police. in an open area, causing no harm. The Magen David Adom A Sinai-based Salafi terroremergency response group said it ist group affiliated with Islamic treated seven wounded individu- State claimed responsibility for als and evacuated them to local the rocket fire. The Israel Defense hospitals. Forces adamantly denied Arab “I was in the store when sud- media reports alleging that the Isdenly there's a terrorist with a raeli Air Force had struck a terror weapon,” said witness Leon Itkin, tunnel in the Rafah area, on the the Jerusalem Post said. “He tried Gaza-Egypt border, following the to shoot, but he was stopped.” rocket fi e at Eilat. Cell phone video of the afThe Qatar-based Al Jazeera termath of the attack showed news network reported that two a chaotic scene in which police people were killed and five inattempted take the terrorist into jured in the alleged Israeli strike.

PAGE 25 A Gaza Health ministry spokesman was quoted as saying that two men were “martyred and five other people were wounded as a result of being targeted by an Israeli warplane along the Palestinian-Egyptian border.” Later Thursday, Palestinian media quoted a security source as saying the casualties were the result of a blast inside the tunnel, which the source admitted was used to smuggle weapons into Gaza.

Archaeologist Ahiad Ovadia (in front) digs at the newly discovered 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave. Credit: Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld.

In surprise discovery, Israeli archaeologists uncover 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave

(JNS.org) In a surprise discovery, Israeli archaeologists uncovered a 12th cave in the Qumran region of the northern Judean Desert that once held portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls, until they were likely looted in the mid20th century. Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologists Dr. Oren Gutfeld and Ahiad Ovadia made the discovery with the help of Dr. Randall Price and students from Virginia-based Liberty University. Archaeologists found that numerous storage jars and lids from the Second Temple period were found hidden along the cave’s walls and deep inside a tunnel in the back of the cave. Thejars were all broken and their contents were removed. "This exciting excavation is the closest we’ve come to discovering new Dead Sea scrolls in 60 years. Until now, it was accepted that Dead Sea scrolls were found only in 11 caves at Qumran, but now there is no doubt that this is the 12th cave,” said Gutfeld. The excavation was the fi st to take place in the northern portion of the Judean Desert as part of the “Operation Scroll” program, which was launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority to improve the understanding and excavation of caves in the region.

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Winter Recipes Perfect for warming up your family and the cold weather. By: Elizabeth Kurtz

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inter has set in all over the country with unusually cold temperatures. For me this means extra coffee and hot cocoa but lots of comforting meals too. I’m happy to try new recipes and rediscover old favorites on rainy days. Here are a few keepers. Th y’re great and well worth keeping in your files to make over and over again, and they are make-ahead meals that keep well in the refrigerator for days. Reheat them covered in a low heat oven (about 250 degrees) for 30 minutes.

 2 to 3 tablespoons fl ur  2 tablespoons tomato paste  One 750-milliliter bottle port, Bordeaux, or Cabernet  1 quart beef stock  1 cup pomegranate juice  10 to 12 sprigs fresh thyme  8 to 10 fresh sage leaves  Four 5 to 6-inch-long stems fresh rosemary  2 to 3 stems fresh marjoram or fresh oregano  1 head garlic, halved horizontally  1 small handful fresh fl t-leaf parsley, plus 3 tablespoons chopped, for garnish  Pomegranate seeds, for garnish, optional

handful of parsley. Return to a boil, then cover and place in the oven, 2 hours 30 minutes. Transfer the beef to a platter and strain the sauce. Return the sauce to the heat to reduce and thicken a bit. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Serve the ribs with the sauce. Top with pomegranate seeds.

Winter Couscous with Dried Cranberries, Cashews and Orange

Winter Wine Braised Short Ribs

Winter Wine Braised Short Ribs

Serves 8 This recipe works for a French roast or any other thick cut roasts. Follow the same instructions but you may need to cook it a little longer to cook the roast through. Use a cooking thermometer to check doneness (145 degrees for medium rare, 165-170 for well done). Note: if you don’t like to cook with fresh herbs, use 2 teaspoons dried thyme, 1 teaspoon sage, 1 teaspoon rosemary, and ½ teaspoon oregano in place of the fresh herbs.  12 bone-in beef short ribs  Kosher salt and coarse black pepper  4 to 5 tablespoons vegetable oil  2 carrots, chopped  2 ribs celery with leafy tops, chopped  2 onions, chopped

Winter Hungarian Chicken Winter Hungarian Chicken

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Pat the meat dry and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat and brown the meat well on all sides in 2 batches. Transfer the short ribs to a plate. Drain off the fat from the pot and add the remaining oil. Add the carrots, celery and onions and cook until softened, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in the fl ur 1 minute, then add the tomato paste and continue stirring until fragrant. Pour in the port/wine and return the ribs to the pot. Bring to boil, then lower to a simmer and reduce the port by half, about 30 minutes. Stir in the stock, pomegranate juice, thyme, sage, rosemary, marjoram, garlic and the

Food Issues? Find a Restaurant Dish That’s Right For You Israeli startup is entering ingredient info from chain restaurants in UK and US, and plans expansion to eateries worldwide By: Abigail Klein Leichman

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hether you have food allergies or health concerns, if you’re vegan or vegetarian, Atkins or paleo, the Israeli founders of ViewEat want to make your international dining-out experience as easy as possible. Still in its infancy, the ViewEat project has thus far incorporated ingredient information publicly available from dozens of global chain restaurants in about 180,000 locations across the US and UK. Th t data is updated regularly. On your desktop or mobile device, enter a search based on the types of food you’re seeking and those you must avoid, and the general location where you want to eat. You’ll get a visual map of menu items marked with a red octagon (avoid), yellow square (meaning traces of the objectionable ingredient could be found or there’s insufficient data) or green circle (safe). The full menu or selected items, tailored to the users’ criteria, are available as web pages and as a printable PDF. Roll over the data with your mouse and you’ll see textual data

Use ViewEat from your mobile device for free. Photo: courtesy

Users can hover to find textual information in addition to the graphics. Photo: courtesy

in a choice of eight languages: France, you don’t need to know English, Arabic, German, Span- the language in order to make ish, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, sure what you’re ordering meets Italian or French. So if you’re an See Food Issues? Find , page 38 English-speaker at a restaurant in

Serves 8 – 10  1 teaspoon canola oil  4 ounces kielbasa, chopped (hot dog or Italian sausage can be a substitute)  2 onions, sliced  1 red pepper, diced  2 heaping tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika  2 cloves garlic, minced  1 tablespoon tomato paste  1 cup chicken broth  ½ cup celery and leaves, chopped  10 chicken breast halves, on the bone, skin on  ¼ cup fl ur  1 cup tofutti sour cream  Kosher salt to taste In a large skillet, heat 1 teaspoon canola oil. Add kielbasa and cooked until slightly browned all over, about 5 – 7 minutes.

Add onions and pepper to skillet and cook until the onion is soft and lightly browned, about 7 more minutes. Remove from heat and add the paprika, garlic and tomato paste. When fully incorporated add broth and celery. Add chicken to the skillet, cover and simmer slowly over medium low heat, basting occasionally with the sauce. After 30 minutes, turn chicken pieces over, cover, and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 45 minutes more. Remove chicken from the skillet. In a small bowl, whisk together the fl ur and tofutti sour cream until smooth. Then add it to the sauce and mix it in. Keep the sauce warm but not boiling and add kosher salt to taste. Return chicken to sauce. Serve with rice or noodles. Winter Couscous with Dried Cranberries, Cashews and Orange Serves 4 This couscous goes with any winter meal from roast chicken to the two included here, to grilled fish. The citrus adds fl vor and warmth to the dish and the dried fruit is a hint of sweetness to the comforting and filli g side dish. Can be doubled.  ¾ cup couscous  1 cup chicken broth, vegetable broth or water  Kosher salt to taste  Grated zest of ½ orange  2 tablespoons orange juice  1 teaspoon maple syrup  1 tablespoon olive oil  1/3 cup dried cranberries or craisins  1/3 cup roasted cashews, coarsely chopped (or other toasted nut of your choice)  2 scallions, sliced thin Put the couscous in a medium bowl. Set aside. In a small saucepan, bring the broth to a boil over high heat. Pour it over the couscous. Tightly cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let stand, undisturbed until the couscous is tender and flak , about 5 minutes. Gently fluff he couscous with a fork. In a small bowl, whisk together the zest, orange juice, maple syrup and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the warm couscous. Add the cranberries, nuts, and scallions and toss again. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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1st Annual Black & White Panda Ball at Waldorf-Astoria was a Rousing Success A Promise of Pandas in NYC by 2020 Edited by: JV Staff

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hile most of the city prepared for the oncoming snowstorm, an enthusiastic group of nearly 450 Black and White clad guests gathered for the last big party at the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’s Starlight Roof ballroom. A glittering mix of New York’s bold faced names gathered to support a quest to bring a pair of Giant Pandas from China to New York City to live here permanently. The gala cleared just

under ½ million dollars. This non-profit project is a longtime idea of Chinese-American TV personality Yue-Sai Kan and NY-Dem Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12). “The greatest city on earth deserves to be home to Giant Pandas; these iconic creatures are said to bring good luck and good cheer - both of which our City can use more of ” she says. She was joined by her co-chairs Chairman Maurice (Hank) Greenberg and civic leader and philanthropists, John Catsimatidis. “This project will be benefi

cial to NYC on both an economic and political level” said John Catsimatidis.

“This project will be beneficial to N C on both an economic and political level” said John Catsimatidis. “Not only will this endeavor benefit Chinese-American relations; the Panda’s new permanent home will also be a popular tourist attraction, acting as an economic spark plug for the neighborhood that houses the Panda Pavilion.” ThePandas Are Coming to NYC will raise private funds for the panda project. Catsimatidis drew cheers from the crowd when he predicted that the Pandas would be enjoying life in the Big Apple by 2020. Th “Pandas Are Coming to NYC” aims to break ground in the next 2 years on this undertaking with letters of support & welcome from New York’s community leaders including Mayor de Blasio and Governor

Cuomo. Prominent attendees included Amb. Zhang Qiyue, China's Consul General to NY, Mrs. Margo Catsimatidis, model Carmen Dell'Orefice who has been in the industry for nearly seven decades, The Baroness Gabrielle Von Langendorff Omar Sharif Jr., Hunt Slonem, Sharon Bush, Andy Stein and Larry and Wendy Rockefeller, Jill Sackler, Hon. Peter Vallone, Jonathan and Somers Farkas, Jean Shafi off among a number of notable elected New York and Chinese official The event was emceed by Broadcasting Hall of Famer Ernie Anastos, who introduced the brilliant orchestral ensemble (aged 4-12) Joyous Kids who encouragingly suggested that “it would be great if one of the new Pandas should be named Joy!” Guest appearances by Joe Piscopo, of Saturday Night Live fame, and actor/director, Stephen Baldwin and even NY State GOP Chair Edward Cox who shared historic stories of his joining his Father-in-Law, President Richard Nixon in China in the 1970’s as our two nations began to open up to each

John Catsimatidis and AIG’s Hank Greenberg are two of the most renowned philanthropists in New York City

other. Maloney also revealed that a “Dream Habitat Competition” for Sino-US architects would soon be launched. The competition to design a world class Panda habitat will be juried by a blue-ribbon panel. She said to watch the official website http:// www.PandasNYC.org for the announcement. The non-profit group Th Pandas Are Coming to NYC Inc., is forming partnerships in the NYC school system to create

a Friends Of The Pandas affiliation. The fi st school chosen for this Partnership is a Bronx High School, represented by Principal Aysa Johnson, who is credited with making her school one of the most improved in the education system. Speaking before video clips & live-stream of frolicking pandas, Maloney closed the evening by noting, “In the Asiatic world, this is the Year of the Rooster. I hope that next year here in New York, it’s the Year of the Panda!”

A glittering mix of New York’s bold faced names gathered to support a quest to bring a pair of Giant Pandas from China to New York City to live here permanently. The gala cleared just under ½ million dollars.

More philanthropists at the Panda Ball at the iconic Waldorf Astoria

A most magnificent children’s performing group from China

Jean Shafiroff looking stunning in one of her many ball gowns in her private collection

From left to right: Gristedes owner and former New York City mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis, his wife Margo, business mogul Hank Greenberg and his family

Another group of glittering guests joined the throngs of others at the Waldorf Astoria for the Black & white Panda Ball

The young, hip and cool crowd joined the Panda Ball with palpable enthusiasm

Chinese-American TV personality Yue-Sai Kan

These folks are enjoying the Panda Ball among the finest of the New York society crowd

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Archaeologists Find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls Cave, But No Scrolls 'This is one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in the caves of Qumran' — Dr. Oren Gutfeld, Hebrew University archaeologist By: Israel 21c Staff

The excavators are the fi st in over 60 years to discover a new surprising discovery scroll cave and to properly excaby archaeologists has vate it. The excavations took place unearthed what is being dubbed as the 12th in a cave on the cliffs west of cave in which Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran, near the northwestern from the Second Temple period were hidden. The fin , representing a “This exciting excavation milestone in Dead Sea Scroll is the closest we’ve come research, was made by Dr. Oren to discovering new Dead Gutfeld and Ahiad Ovadia from Sea scrolls in 60 years.” the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology, with the help of Dr. Randall shore of the Dead Sea. The archaeologists said the Price and students from Liberty excavation of the cave revealed University in Virginia, US. “This exciting excavation is that at one time it contained the closest we’ve come to discov- Dead Sea scrolls. Numerous ering new Dead Sea scrolls in 60 storage jars and lids from the years. Until now, it was accept- Second Temple period were ed that Dead Sea scrolls were found hidden in niches along found only in 11 caves at Qum- the walls of the cave and deep ran, but now there is no doubt inside a long tunnel at its rear. Until now, it was believed that this is the 12th cave,” said Gutfeld, an archaeologist at the that only 11 caves had contained Hebrew University’s Institute of scrolls. The archaeologists said Archaeology and director of the they would like this new cave to be numbered as Cave 12. Like excavation.

Cave 8, in which scroll jars but no scrolls were found, this cave will receive the designation Q12 (the Q=Qumran standing in front of the number to indicate no scrolls were found). Meanwhile, the archaeologists said all the jars were broken and their contents removed, and the discovery towards the end of the excavation of a pair of iron pickaxe heads from the 1950s (stored within the tunnel for later use) proves the cave was looted. “Although at the end of the day no scroll was found, and instead we ‘only’ found a piece of parchment rolled up in a jug that was being processed for writing, the findi gs indicate beyond any doubt that the cave contained scrolls that were stolen [in the middle of the last century]. The fi dings include the jars in which the scrolls and their covering were hidden, a leather strap for binding the scroll, a cloth that wrapped the scrolls, tendons and pieces of

Remnant of scroll when removed from jar in Cave 12. Photo by Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld

Seal made of carnelian stone found in Cave 12. Photo by Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld

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Archaeologist Ahiad Ovadia digs in Cave 12. Photo by Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld

skin connecting fragments, and more,” said Gutfeld. Other finds in the cave include fragments of scroll wrappings, a string that tied the scrolls, and a piece of worked leather that was a part of a scroll. The findi g of pottery and of numerous fli t blades, arrowheads, and a decorated stamp seal made of carnelian, a semi-precious stone, proved to the archaeologists that this cave was used in the Chalcolithic and

the Neolithic periods. The excavators said they hope this fi st excavation in the northern part of the Judean Desert as part of “Operation Scroll” will open the door to further understanding the function of the caves with respect to the scrolls, with the potential of findi g new scroll material. The material, when published, will provide important new evidence for scholars of the archaeology of Qumran and the Dead

Sea caves. “The important discovery of another scroll cave attests to the fact that a lot of work remains to be done in the Judean Desert and finds of huge importance are still waiting to be discovered,” said Hasson of the Israel Antiquities Authority. “We are in a race against time as antiquities thieves steal heritage assets worldwide for fi nancial gain. The State of Israel needs to mobilize and allocate the necessary resources in order to launch a historic operation, together with the public, to carry out a systematic excavation of all the caves of the Judean Desert.” The excavation was supported by the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and is a part of the new “Operation Scroll” launched at the IAA by its Director-General Israel Hasson, to undertake systematic surveys and to excavate the caves in the Judean Desert. (ISRAEL 21C)

Archaeologists and students filter material found in Cave 12. Photo by Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld

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illionaire Paul Singer is upping his campaign against Arconic’s board. On February 1st, Singer’s hedge fund, Elliot Management, sent a letter to shareholders of the aluminum producer, trying to unseat the company’s current CEO. “The consistent and growing disconnect between Dr. Kleinfeld’s rhetoric and the reality of the business’s performance adds to our and other shareholders’ serious concerns about management’s judgment and grasp of the business,” Dave Miller, portfolio manager of Elliott wrote in the letter. As reported by the NY Post, the letter came only a day after Arconic released it’s fourth -quarter earnings. Kleinfeld, defended his company’s performance saying, “I’m very happy that it’s doing so well”. “Let the facts speak,” Kleinfeld said, referring to the metal maker’s earnings. In November 2015, Elliott Management took over a friendly stake in Alcoa, simultaneously warning that it would assess the investment on a “continuing basis.” Just three months ago,

Billionaire Paul Singer is upping his campaign against Arconic’s board. On February 1st, Singer’s hedge fund, Elliot Management, sent a letter to shareholders of the aluminum producer, trying to unseat the company’s current CEO

Arconic became a standalone company after a spinoff from Alcoa, the world’s third largest aluminum producer. In recent days, Elliott increased its ownership in Arconic from 9.6 percent to 12.1 percent. Elliott has proposed that Larry Lawson, former CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, replace Kleinfeld. The $31 billion hedge fund also nominated five members to Arconic’s 12-seat board. It even launched a website called newarconic.com, which portrays Law-

son as CEO of the company. The members of the aluminum manufacturer’s board, fought back with a letter of their own, fully supporting Kleinfeld as CEO. “We are confide t that we have the right strategy and the right team, and that the company is in the best position it has enjoyed since the fin ncial crisis”, they wrote to shareholders on February 6th. Shares of Arconic continue to rise with the feud, posting a new 52-week high of $29.85.

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uring Ryan Kavanaugh’s 12- year run as CEO of Relativity Media, he managed to coax many into believing in the Beverly Hills mini-studio that he founded. Among them was Chicago hedge fund investor, Joseph Nicholas. Last year, during Relativity’s bitter Chapter 11 restructuring, Nicholas pleaded with the NY judge, trying to convince him that the studio would be able to restructure and thrive. Last March, Nicholas was convinced and told Judge Michael Wiles that he would be able to raise $100 million in new equity for Relativity. As reported by the NY Post, Nicholas stood by the company when it emerged from Chapter 11 in April 2016, and was named co-CEO. Since then, however, his perspective has been completely altered. Nicholas now says that he and investment bank Houlihan Lokey have not been able to raise equity. Relativity owes Nicholas more than $35 million, according to papers filed in court late on Wednesday February 8th. Nicholas is now

During Ryan Kavanaugh’s 12- year run as CEO of Relativity Media, he managed to coax many into believing in the Beverly Hills mini-studio that he founded

pleading with the same judge to liquidate Kavanaugh’s dream. In October, the Post reported that after nine months of Chapter 11, Relativity earned a debit of $40 million, which it racked up for professional fees. Kavanaugh’s company has legal bills totaling $11.9 million. Its co-counsel, Sheppard Mullin, billed them another $6.1 million. Financial adviser Houlihan Lokey billed for $5.8 million. Investment banker PJT Partners rendered services with $5 million payable. The list oes on.

By contrast, the amount of money the ailing company was able to gross during the restructuring period was a meager $10.6 million. This was net from “Masterminds” with Kate McKinnon, and “The Disappointments Room,” starring Kate Beckinsale, two new releases the studio already had in the makings, but which failed to make an impression. The results are enough to make some experts question the integrity of entire restructuring process.

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witter says it is stepping up efforts to prevent “abuse and harassment” on its microblogging platform. On Tuesday, the company announced several steps it is taking. First, Twitter says it will identify people who have been banned for online abuse and prevent them from creating new accounts. Additionally, the company says it will create a “safe search” feature so that "tweets that contain potentially sensitive content and tweets from blocked and muted accounts" will be removed from search results. Those tweets will still exist, but Twitter says they will not clutter search results any longer. The company also says it will begin “identifying and collapsing potentially abusive and low-quality replies so the most relevant conversations are brought forward.” Twitter has been failing to keep up with other social media platforms such as Facebook. Twitter recently reduced staff and an attempt to sell the company failed. In a related development, Twitter reported its fourth-quarter losses nearly doubled from

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the same period in 2015. The online messaging company reported a quarterly loss of $167 million at the end of 2016. In 2015, the company reported a loss of $90 million over the same period. The business said revenues in the fourth quarter were up 1 percent from $710 million in 2015 to $717 million in 2016. It was the slowest revenue growth since the company went public in November of 2013. The e was one bright spot: The average number of active users rose 4 percent compared to a year earlier to 319 million. The 10-year-old Twitter has never made a profit, and despite tweaks to the format, has only seen modest growth in users.

Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, called 2016 a “transformative year.” "We reset and focused on why people use Twitter: It's the fastest way to see what's happening and what everyone's talking about," he said. "We overcame the toughest challenge for any consumer service at scale by reversing declining audience trends and re-accelerating usage." He advised patience, saying revenue growth “will take time, but we’re moving fast to show results.” Investors may not be as patient, as Twitter shares were down about 10 percent in pre-market trading late last week.

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God's Masterplan The world is one long chain of events, dating all the way back to Adam. By: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan hypocrite is but for a moment. bed" (Psalms 41:4). The efore,

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od created this world as a place of maximum challenge, and therefore, man must be inherently imperfect and die. The sin of Adam revealed this imperfection because of which man must make the transition of death. Accordingly, God told Adam, "But from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, do not eat, for on the day you eat from it, you will defin tely die" (Genesis 2:17). Since we are all descendants of Adam, all must share this fate.

"Do not commit murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify as a false witness against your neighbor" (Exodus 20:13). The efore, death is the destiny of every person, and none can escape it. We are thus taught, "[Just as] no person can control the wind or stop it from blowing, neither is there any control over the day of death" (Ecclesiastes 8:8). No matter what a person may attain in life, he cannot conquer death. It is thus written, "The triumph of the wicked is shortlived, and the rejoicing of the

Th ugh he be elevated to the heavens in his eminence, and his head reach the clouds, he shall perish forever like his own dung. Tho e who see him shall ask, "Where has he gone?'" (Job 20:5-7). Even the perfectly righteous must die, since no distinctions can be made in this world which might tend to destroy or diminish man's choice between good and evil. Because of man's inherent imperfection, death is for his own good, since it reminds him that he is below God and that he must repent each day. Since man must constantly be in a state of repentance, no one is allowed to know the time of his death. Regarding this it is written, "for no man knows his time. Like fish caught in a net of evil, and birds caught in a trap, so are men trapped when a time of evil suddenly descends upon them" (Ecclesiastes 9:12). However, God makes man forget his death, so that he may also fl urish in this world. When a person becomes sick and bedridden, he is judged whether he is worthy of recuperating, and therefore whether he is worthy of experiencing a special degree of providence. We are thus taught that God pays special attention to the sick, as the Psalmist said, "God strengthens the sick man on his

although a sick person must seek out the best possible medical treatment, he should still pray to God for divine aid. Life, children and economic prosperity, form the basis of God's control of the historical process. Power over these things therefore remains in His hands alone. God makes His longterm plans for humanity on the assumption that man will do good. As such, any sin affecting life, children or property, causes God to revise His plans. It is for this reason that God strongly forbade such sins in the Ten Commandments, "Do not commit murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify as a false witness against your neighbor" (Exodus 20:13). The e sins are even worse than idolatry, since idol worship only affects God's honor, while these pervert His very control of history.

Murder and Theft

Murder is one of the very worst of sins, since its effects can be felt for all future generations. Since the offspring of a single person can comprise a signific nt portion of humanity after a suffici t number of generations, we are taught that one who kills a single human being is like one who destroys an entire world. Since, unlike

"The people of the land have oppressed and robbed one an"Consider what you do, other‌ I have therefore poured for you judge not [only] out My indignation upon them" for man, but for God who (Ezekiel 22:29-31). is with you in judgment" Similarly, the miscarriage of (2-Chronicles 19:6). justice is a sin that can upset God's plans, and therefore cause general disaster. Like robbery, it of Divine Providence is maincan seal the doom of a country. taining a certain number of righteous individuals in each generation. By their merit and example, these individuals offer spiritual support to all humanity. In order to assure that individuals will be born with both the heredity and environment, as well as the spiritual traits needed to be great spiritual leaders, God sets up chains of events, sometimes dating all the way back to Adam. Providence also arranges that before one saint dies, another is born. Although many acts of providence are miraculous, their super-mundane nature is kept Accordingly, God told Adam, "But from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, do not eat, for on the day you eat from it, you hidden from man. It is for this reason that God only bestows will definitely die" (Genesis 2:17). Since we are all descendants His blessing upon that which of Adam, all must share this fate. is hidden from the eye, and Robbery also upsets God's All judges are therefore warned never upon that which can be plans for the world, causing that their decisions not only in- measured. Although war sometimes redistribution of property volve other human beings, but contrary to His will. Since this have an effect on God's own fulfills God's purpose, He concrime also causes much suffer- plans, as it is written, "Consid- stantly strives for peace in the ing, it is the one sin for which er what you do, for you judge world. The ultimate blessing the judgment of a city or nation not [only] for man, but for God which God wishes to bestow may be sealed. The punishment who is with you in judgment" is that of peace, as the Psalmist said, "God will give strength to for corruption is most severe, (2-Chronicles 19:6). His people; God will bless His since only a major catastropeople with peace" (Psalms phe can set things right, and Chain of Events accordingly the prophet said, One of the important tasks 29:11). animals, man enjoys individual providence, every murder forces God to set up new chains of events to assure the birth of those persons upon whom history depends. Similarly, sexual crimes upset God's plans of matching individuals to produce special traits in their children.

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But There is a G-d in Israel By: Rabbi Meir Kahane, ztk’l (EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK “THEY MUST GO” – 1980)

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he analysis and proposed transfer of Arabs from Israel that I have set down are not personal views. Th y are certainly not political ones. This is the Jewish outlook, based on halakah the law as postulated in the Torah. The removal of all Arabs who refuse to accept the exclusive, unquestioned Jewish sovereignty over Eretz Yisrael is not only logical and normal for any Jew with a modicum of an instinct for self-preservation; it is also the Jewish halakic obligation. It is important that we know this in order to realize what true “Jewishness” really dictates and in order to instill in ourselves the faith and assurance that if we do this, all the nations in the world will be incapable of harming Israel. The Jewish people are not merely one more nation. “Though I put an end to all the nations among whom thou art scattered, but I will never put an end to thee” (Jeremiah 30:11). Israel is indestructible. It is unique, it is holy, it is the Chosen of the L-rd; it has a reason for being. Its national uniqueness is built on an idea, on an ideology, that it alone has. TheJew is selected and obligated to be a religio-nation, commanded to obey the laws and follow the path of Torah. The covenant. The Jewish people took upon itself the yoke of the L-rd, acknowledging Him as G-d and observing His laws. The Almighty chose them as His unique people, pledging that they would be indestructible and would live in peace and prosperity in their own land, Eretz Yisrael.

as the L-rd, my G-d, commanded me, that you shall do so in the Land whither you go to possess it. (Deuteronomy 4:5). It is impossible to create a holy, unique people that dwells as a minority within lands that belong to others. The majority culture must infi trate, influence, corrupt, woo, tempt, pervert. The Jew is commanded to create for himself a holy nation, and that can only be done free of others, separate, different, apart. Th t is why the unique nation, chosen for holiness and unique destiny, was given a land for itself: so that it might create a unique, holy society that would be a light unto the nations who would see its example and model. And as the Torah clearly commanded: And you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you…But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come to pass that those which you let remain of them, shall be thorns in your eyes and thistles in your sides and shall torment you in the land wherein you dwell. And it shall be that I will do to you as I thought to do to them” (Numbers 3:52-56). Far better than foolish humans did the Almighty understand the dangers inherent in allowing a people that believed the land belonged to it to be given free and unfettered residence, let along ownership, proprietorship, citizenship. What more natural thing than to ask to regain that it believed to be rightly its own land? And this over and above the need to create a unique and distinctly separate Torah culture that will shape the Jewish people into a holy nation. That “uniqueness” can be guaranteed only by the non-Jew’s having no sovereignty, ownership, or citizenship

lost our bearings that we do not understand the ordained historical role of the State of Israel, a role that ensures that it can never be destroyed and that no further exile from it is possible? Why is it that we do not comprehend that it is precisely our refusal to deal with the Arabs according to halakic obligation that will bring down on our heads terrible sufferings, whereas our courage in removing them will be one of the major factors in the hurrying of the final edemption?

State of Israel is not a “political” creation. It is a religious one. No power could have prevented its birth and none can destroy it. It is the beginning of G-d’s wrath, vengeance against the nations who ignored, disdained, and humiliated Him, who found Him irrelevant, who “knew Him not.” But, it is only the beginning. How the final redemption will come, and when, depends on the Jews. The exiles shall be ingathered only through “faith” (Mechilta, Exodus). If we have it, if we truThe world? The nations – united or otherwise? What do they matter before the omnipotence of the Almighty?

Did a Jewish people return to its land from the far corners of the earth to set up its own sovereign state – exactly as promised in the Bible – through mere natural means? What other nation ever did such a thing? Where are the Philistines of Goliath today? Where is imperial Rome with its Latin and its gods? Who defeats armies in six days, and on the seventh they rest? Who if not an Israel because there is a G-d in it! The Land of Israel is His divine Land; the State of Israel is His divine hand. History is not a series of random events, disjointed and coincidental. There is a Creator, a Guide, a Hand that plans and directs

What is wrong with us? Who ly believe in the existence of the blinded us and blocked from Creator and Guider of history, our memories the existence and power of the G-d of Israel? Did a Jewish people exist for 2,000 years without state, government, or army, wandering the earth interminably from land to land, suffering pogroms and Holocaust and surviving powerful empires that disappeared into history, just by coincidence? Did a Jewish people return to its land from the far corners of the earth to set up its own sovereign state – exactly as promised in the Bible – through mere natural means? What other nation ever did such a thing? Where are the Philistines of Goliath today? Where is imperial Rome with its Latin and its gods? Who defeats armies in six days, and on the seventh they rest? Who if not an Israel because there is a G-d in it! The Land of Israel is His divine Land; the State of Israel is His divine hand. History is not a series of random events, disjointed and coincidental. There is a Creator, a Guide, a Hand that plans and directs. The e is a scenario to history. The Jew has come home for the third and last time. “But the third shall be left therein” (Zechariah 13:8). The first redemption was that from Egypt; the second, the redemption of Ezra. The third will never end” (Tanhuma, Shoftim 9). We live in the era of the footsteps of the Messiah, the beginning of the final redemption. Th rise of the State of Israel from the ashes of Auschwitz marks the end of the night of black humiliation and agony, of Hillul Hashem, and the beginning of the dawn of the fina , total redemption, of Kiddush Hashem, sanctific tion of G-d’s name. Th

the G-d of Israel, we can bring the final redemption today. “When will the Messiah come? ‘Today, as it is said: “Today, if you will hearken unto my voice’” (Psalms 95:7, Sanhedrin 98a). The Arabs of Israel represent Hillul Hashem in its starkest form. Their rejection of Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel despite the covenant between the L-rd of Israel and the Jews constitutes a rejection of the sovereignty and kingship of the L-rd G-d of Israel. Their transfer from the Land of Israel thus becomes more than a political issue. It is a religious issue, a religious obligation, a commandment to erase Hillul Hashem. Far from fearing what the Gentile will do if we do such a thing, let the Jew tremble as he considers the anger of the Almighty if we do not. Tragedy will be ours if we do not move the Arabs out. The

great redemption can come immediately and magnifice tly if we do that which G-d demands. One of the great yardsticks of real Jewish faith in this time of momentous decision is our willingness to reject fear of man in favor of awe of G-d and remove the Arabs from Israel. The world? The nations – united or otherwise? What do they matter before the omnipotence of the Almighty? “Why do the nations rage… the Kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the L-rd and against His anointed…He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh, the L-rd shall mock them…” (Psalms 2:1-4). The Jewish people and state cannot be destroyed. Their weapon is their G-d. Th t is reality Let us remove the Arabs from Israel and bring the redemption.

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Though I put an end to all the nations among whom thou art scattered, but I will never put an end to thee” (Jeremiah 30:11). Israel is indestructible. It is unique, it is holy, it is the Chosen of the L-rd; it has a reason for being. Its national uniqueness is built on an idea, on an ideology, that it alone has.

The land was given as a reward, as a blessing. But it is more, much more, than that. The people of Israel have more than a right to the land; they have an obligation. “For you shall pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the Land which the L-rd your G-d gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell therein” (Deuteronomy 11:31). A unique people given, uniquely, a particular land. Unlike all the other faiths that are not limited to one special country, the Jew is given a particular land and commanded to live there. And for a reason, as Moses explains: “Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even

in the state that could allow him to shape its destiny and character. This is Torah. This is Jewishness. Not the dishonest pseudo “Judaism” chanted by the Liberal secularists who pick and choose what “Judaism” finds favor in their eyes and who reject what their own gentilized concepts find unacceptable. Th y weigh “Judaism” on the scales of their own intellectual arrogance – arrogance, incidentally, of intense ignorance. And if this is not only the right of Jews but their obligation, what do we fear? Why do the Jews tremble and quake before the threat of the nations? Is there no longer a G-d in Israel? Have we

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It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again – Yitro 5777 By: Rabbi David Bibi

explains that Yitro is bringing his daughter, Moshe’s wife and Moshe’s two sons. ogi Berra may have been an 18 We are told somewhat ambiguously that time all-star, won ten world se- Moshe goes out to greet him and one ries rings – more than anyone bows to the other, and one kisses the in Major League history, caught other. Don Larsen’s perfect game, managed both the Yankees and the Mets, but he will probably be remembered more for his Yogisms; his quotable quotes which have entered the vernacular of every day speech. Among his famous sayings are "It ain't over till it's over”, "You can observe a lot by watching”, and my favorite, "It's like déjà vu all over again”. Berra explained that this quote originated when he witnessed Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hitting back-to-back home runs in the Yankees' seasons in the early 1960s. Very often we find stories in the To- An artist’s rendition of the giving of rah difficult to understand and then with the Torah by Hashem to the B’nei the help of Rabbeynu Bachya, Rabbeynu Yisroel at Har Sinai Yishak Luria – the Arizal, The Megaleh Yitro then blesses Hashem, seemingly Amukot and others who open our eyes to the transmigration of souls from one the fi st to do so after the Exodus. We are generation to another and their tikun, told that Yitro offers burnt offerings to we begin to understand. Thi gs begin to Elokim. Again we wonder why we need make sense in light of previous lives and this information. Then Yitro goes on to we utter, "It's like déjà vu all over again”! criticize Moses and suggests a new sysThis week we read the portion of tem of governing and judging the peoYitro, a portion which contains the most ple, telling Moses that if you follow my important event in world history, Hash- advice, you will be able to survive and em’s revelation to the entire Israelite na- all the people will live in peace. One has tion at Mount Sinai. Why of all people to wonder at the gall of Yitro, the priest is Yitro honored with this portion being of Midian, in telling Moses, the man of named for him? As the portion opens G-d, what to do. Moses immediately we see that Yitro is sending a message to accepts and then puts into practice the Moses, “I am Yitro your father-in-law”. very next day appointing 78,600 judges Why include the title? Additionally the to assist him. The Arizal reveals to us an intriguing Torah which is typically short on details

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piece of information providing us with a deeper understanding of this opening chapter of the portion which in fact covers the fi st three aliyot. The Arizal explains as we have mentioned a number of times that Moshe was a gilgul – a reincarnation of Hevel. We wrote that the name Moshe indicates his soul Mem for Moshe, Shet for Shet (Adam’s third son who was born Tachat Hevel – under or replacing or perhaps to carry Hevel’s soul) and Heh for Hevel himself. The soul of Kayin also comes back in Moshe’s life to be repaired. The soul is divided into three to better allow a rectific tion of each part. The higher part of Kayin’s Neshama comes back in Yitro. Rav Chaim Vital notes that this is hinted to by the fi st letters of the words “Ani chotencha Yitro” – I am your father-inlaw Yitro – which spell the word “achi” – my brother. As if Yitro is sending Moses a message saying, I am your brother Kayin and now is the time to elevate the level of my soul. Furthermore the Zohar writes commenting on the seven names of Yitro, one of which was Keini, that he had this name as he separated himself from Kayin. (The other parts of Kayin’s soul come back in the Misri – The Egyptian Moshe kills before fleei g Egypt and in Korach who is swallowed up by the earth. This is hinted to in the verse Shivatayim Yukam – Yud for Yitro, Kuf for Korach and Mem for Misri). If we go back in time to Bereshit and the related Midrashim, we are told based on the verses surrounding each birth that Kayin was born with one sister who became his wife and Hevel was born with two sisters. One of Hevel’s wives

was particularly beautiful, and Kayin wanted her for himself. The motivation behind Kayin’s slaying of his brother was in his desire to take Hevel’s wife for himself. This supposedly was the real motive behind the killing. Additionally Hashem tells Kayin the bloods of your brother are crying from the earth alluding to the fact that Kayin not only murdered Hevel but those who would descend from him. Thus we learn that Yitro brings his daughter Siporah to Moshe to make up for the sister Kayin desired and also the children to make up for the descendants Hevel would not have. We are told that one prostrated himself and kissed the other. Rashi questions, “I do not know who prostrated himself to whom”. Perhaps in place of the disrespect, animosity and fratricide that occurred between Kayin and Hevel, Moses and Yitro make up for it with love and mutual respect. The Torah tells us that the sacrific offered by Kayin did not find favor in Hashem’s eyes. Kayin’s Korban not being accepted was the start of things and Kayin was incredibly jealous of Hevel. Here we find Yitro correcting this by bringing proper sacrifices to Hashem which were enjoyed not just by him, but also by Aharon and the elders of the generation. Finally, the Chida writes that while the Torah doesn’t recount the final conversation between Kayin and Hevel prior to the murder, the Targum Yonason ben Uziel records that part of it was Kayin’s blasphemous claim that there is no Divine judge or system of justice regarding our actions in this world - “Les

Din V’Les Dayan,”. Now we find that the gilgul of Kayin, the Tikkun of Kayin is in rectifying this by suggesting to Moshe the concept of establishing a proper system of courts and judges. With Moseh immediately accepting the suggestions and putting them into place, it seems as if Moses was waiting for Yitro to come and make the suggestions to allow the soul of Kayin to be corrected. This idea of Déjà vu all over again is repeated in the Ten Commandments themselves. It seems that although this is Hashem’s Divine Revelation to mankind, there is nothing new in those Ten Commandments. We heard all of them before as part of the seven misvot to the children of Noah, as part of the law we were taught at Marah including Shabbat and as part of ethics required by mankind. So what’s the message in the repetition? Been here, done that? Am I required to figu e out who I was before, what I did before and what I need to do to fix hat came before? Rabbi Abittan would tell us not to worry about previous lives, but to worry about our previous actions in our own life. He would explain that every year, every month, every week and every day is a chance – hamekadesh betuvo bechol yom tamid - a chance to renew, as my mom says, today is the fi st day of the rest of your life. Whatever mistakes we made in the past, we have today to fix them. Whomever we hurt, we have today to apologize and make amends. Whatever we neglected to do, we have today to do. Instead of deju vu all over again, let’s take today as an opportunity to do it better.

Parshas Yisro - Do You Listen to What You Hear? By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis

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ncredibly, the portion is entitled "Yitro" rather than "Moses" or "The Ten Commandments". Th reason for this begs an answer. The parsha opens with the simple, but piercing words, "Vayishma Yithro Yithro heard". The voice of G-d was audible throughout the universe, but it was only Yithro who heard. It was only Yithro who chose to abandon his prestigious position as a priest of Middian to join the Israelite in the desert. Our sages teach that when the kings of the nations heard the awesome sounds they thought that the world was coming to and end, and so, for a very brief moment, they stopped to listen. But when they realized that what they heard was the voice of G-d calling, they returned to their complacency. We find this pattern repeated in every generation. In a moment of threatening doom, people stop to listen, but as soon as the danger abates, it`s back to business as usual. Yithro was different. He not only listened, but he absorbed the teaching, took it to heart, and changed his life. Now we can better appreciate why the parsha of the giving of the Torah opens with those monumental words: "Vayishma Yithro"

- "Yithro heard." Before HaShem proclaims His commandments, the art of listening must be mastered. Whether a man succeeds in fulfilli g his mission in life will depend upon his ability to attune his ears to the voice of G-d that is constantly calling. The greatness of Yithro was further evidenced when upon arrival at the desert encampment, he is told about the wondrous events that befell the Jewish people. The Torah relates: "Vayichad Yithro" - "Yithro rejoiced." Our sages explain that the word "vayichad" is an expression of joy tempered by reservation, for even as Yithro heard the amazing events, he also felt a pang of sadness for his former friends, the Egyptians. And yet he declared "Baruch HaShem" - "Blessed be G-d who saved you from the hands of the Egyptians (Exodus 18:9-10). Our sages teach that Yithro is credited with proclaiming those two majestic words, Baruch HaShem, that have become the hallmark of our people throughout the centuries: "Baruch HaShem" - "Blessed be G-d" has been our response to all the challenges of life — to the joys as well as to the trials. At fi st glance, it may be difficult to comprehend why this phrase, Baruch HaShem, should be attributed to Yithro. Surely there were others who

blessed G-d before him. After all, did not Moses praise G-d at the crossing of the Red Sea when he composed his glorious song? The e is one fine difference however. Moses praised G-d for the miracles that befell his own people, but Yithro thanked G-d for the blessings that befall others. This concept of being happy for someone else is a goal for which we must strive. When we realize that we can find our own joy in the happiness that is visited upon others, we become elevated spiritual beings. To be sure, this is a difficult concept to accept in our culture which has conditioned us to measure our happiness by that which we acquire for ourselves rather than by that which we give to others. The efore, we must bear in mind that G-d did not command us to become rich and successful, but He did command us to become giving, generous people, bestowing loving kindness, and to full heartedly proclaim "Baruch HaShem" when we behold the happiness of others.

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Every word, every aspect of the Ten Commandments is laden with profound meaning — even the structure speaks. For example, the first com-

An artist’s rendition of the giving of the Torah by Hashem to the B’nei Yisroel at Har Sinai

mandment, "I am the L-rd thy G-d" is parallel to the sixth - "Th u shalt not kill", teaching us that when you kill someone, you don`t only kill that person, but you also kill a spark of G-d, for every man was created in His image. In this same way, there is a direct correlation between the placement of all the commandments on the Tablets. The Ten Commandments are the bedrock of our faith, and therefore, when they are read in the synagogue, it is a tradition for the entire congregation to

rise during their recitation. Interestingly enough, the parsha in which this sacred gift is bestowed upon our people is called Yithro in honor of the father-in-law of Moses, who was a convert to Judaism. One would have imagined that it would have been more appropriate to dedicate the parsha in Moses` name or in honor of the Ten Commandments, but obviously there was something special about Yithro that merited this incredible privilege. (HINENI.ORG)

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all life, and that is why we must remain vigilant. But a signifi cant percentage wants to enslave us under the same mortifying system that they had and to fulfill their ingrained obligation of hijra – conquest by numbers and the gradual imposition of sharia law in schools and workplaces across America. Their national goal is Islamic world domination. How devastating if our founding fathers had escaped their authoritarian monarchy to establish a freer government, only to find themselves in another repressive dictatorship. How cruel and ironic if our ancestors had fled from Eu-

rope’s socialism, Marxism, and communism only to find themselves overcome by domination under the same doctrines. Our society is not only a haven for the talented and creative, but it is also a seedbed that we have the duty to preserve. Should we allow the new jihadists or enemy from within to turn this Constitutional Republic into an Islamic theocracy, a caliphate, with all the intolerable restrictions of Sharia law that the new Americans thought they left ehind? We must not fail our citizens through negligence or a misplaced sense of compassion and think that we should

accept all who alight on our shores. Egyptian-American author Nonie Darwish reminds us that some of the unhappy populations must stay behind and work to reform Islam and restore the Middle East. Here, we must vet every entrant to ensure their embrace of our values and that they will become a productive member of our society – for those who will not, will continue to teach their children their own tenets of obsessive hate, and we have enough troubles already. The purpose of the Islamic ideology is to rule the world – and to destroy Israel, a stubborn bastion of freedom. Fail-

ure to perform jihad will lead to “spiritual death.” The Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Society of North America, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Muslim Student Association, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and other affiliates are bound to insinuate into our society, and slowly implement Sharia changes into every facet of our lives. We already have a Sharia-compliant Muslim population of 3.3 million in more than 300 American cities and towns. Only extraordinary measures will save the West from the extraordinary threat to her survival.

J Street states that Mr. Friedman is "hostile" to the two-state solution, which it terms the "only way to ensure Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people." In fact, however, many politicians and thinkers on both sides of the Israeli spectrum have declared the two-state plan unworkable. Author A. B. Yehoshua, considered an "intellectual giant" of Israel's left-wi g,

recently said, "I have believed in dividing the land for 50 years, and now I see that it cannot happen. 450,000 Jews in Area A [Judea and Samaria] can simply not be uprooted. Can Jerusalem ever be divided, realistically? We have to start thinking differently." J Street further accused Friedman of being a "friend of the settlement movement," and even of having "made the case

for Israel's annexation of the West Bank." Being a "friend of the settlement movement" is apparently a crime in J Street's book. Friedman supports the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's capital, Jerusalem, and has said that he looks forward to working for peace in the Middle East "from the US embassy in Israel's eternal capital, Jerusalem" – even before an

officia relocation of the embassy takes place. J Street explains that it does not support BDS unconditionally, but does not oppose initiatives to boycott, divest from, or impose sanctions on Israel if these aid the progress towards a two-state solution, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and focus only on "occupied territory" beyond the Green Line.

while Greenberg was at the helm. Greenberg blames Spitzer for its demise, which cost thousands of people their jobs. "Spitzer threatened AIG with criminal prosecution if I did not leave, leaving me with little choice but to immediately retire," Greenberg said. "And look at the consequences for AIG and the American people."

"AIG is currently a shadow of what it had been. It was an international asset and no longer is. It employed over 100,000 people and now it is about half of that." Greenberg also took aim at the Martin Act, the New York statute made famous by Spitzer that gives state lawyers the power to make fraud accusations without having to prove any intent to defraud, stating that

courts should scrap it. "New York is the only state in the U.S. that can accuse an individual of fraud without having to prove intent," Greenberg said. "In this respect, the Martin Act simply is not consistent with federal law and it would be desirable to have the courts recognize this." Greenberg argued that every company doing business in New

York is currently under threat of having the Martin Act used against it in the way it was used against AIG. "It would boost the outlook of companies doing business in New York and those who would like to do business in New York but are fearful of the Martin Act in its current form," Greenberg said.

welcome the stranger and to love the stranger. In cities across the country today, Jews are holding rallies, vigils and actions. Together, we are raising our voices up to say that we must keep our doors open to people who are fleei g for their lives.” During a special Jewish ritual moment, Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer, Director of Education at HIAS, led a minyan of leaders

from New York’s Jewish community in the ancient Jewish practice of kriah, in which Jews in mourning tear a black ribbon and wear it during the mourning period. The action, which symbolizes a deep loss, commemorated the countless people who have lost their lives in the global refugee crisis that has displaced over 65 million people to date. A kriah ribbon was affixed to a

cardboard cutout of the Statue of Liberty on stage. Sana Mustafa, a Syrian refugee and activist, and recent Bard College graduate seeking to reunite her family, including her father, who was abducted in 2013 and his whereabouts unknown, shared, “As a refugee, as a Syrian, as a Muslim, as a woman, as a person of color, I protest with you any lack of welcome toward

refugees. We come to the United States seeking safety and a future, and we are grateful to the Jewish community which continues to stand by our side.” Musical performances by singer/songwriter Chana Rothman and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue in New York brought the crowd together in Jewish song, as well as American patriotic tunes.

wishes to coordinate his positions on the Palestinians with the administration. While he should take any concerns Trump voices to him on the issue into consideration, he should also make clear that the administration’s belief that no good has come to the US from its support for the PLO is well-founded. He should also

explain Israel’s need to control Area C in perpetuity, and the problem with maintaining military administration of the area. Finally, he should assure Trump that Israel intends to secure its interests in Judea and Samaria in a way than does not impinge on US priorities. Next week can be the beginning of a new era in Is-

rael’s relations with the US. But to make the most of this unprecedented opportunity, Israel needs to recognize its role as America’s ally. It must take the necessary steps to perform that role, and it must free the administration from the shackles of the PLO while securing its long-term interests in Judea and Samaria unilater-

ally, and quietly.

Eric Rassbach, deputy general counsel of the Becket Fund, quipped, “It takes some chutzpah for the government to punish a Jewish woman for celebrating Passover. It takes even more chutzpah to say that they are the only government agency in DC exempt from our civil rights laws.” In a highly unusual move, the court delivered its denial in a so-called “unpublished deci-

sion,” which cannot be cited as precedent in any future cases in that circuit. When the ruling was handed down on January 26, 2017 as “unpublished,” legal experts opined that the unusual status, “reduced the likelihood that it would be noticed or criticized by lawyers.” A copy of the unpublished decision was obtained by this writer. When asked, Lewin stated that he knew of no other federal appellate “unpublished”

ruling that was so lengthy and detailed. A clearly shocked Lewin promised to file a petition requesting review by the entire roster of active judges of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and, if necessary, seek review by the Supreme Court of the United States. Lewin and/or his daughter partner, Alyza, have been before the Supreme Court 28 times, including the famous “Jerusalem

Passport” case. The undaunted litigator promised, “This decision will not stand.” Edwin Black is the New York Times bestselling author of IBM and the Holocaust, Nazi Nexus, War Against the Weak, and The Farhud. In February 2016, he was awarded the Moral Compass Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Naples Holocaust Museum. He can be found at www.edwinblack.com.

with all my strength against the surreal and dangerous idea of dividing the country, and even sition: As long as I'm part of the if I remain alone, I will always Israeli government, I will work vote against the establishment

of a Palestinian state no matter what costume is used to define it or seeks to promote it. "Conceding the existence of a Palestinian state means con-

doning Israel's demise. Not on my watch. Not on Jabotinsky and Begin's watch," stressed Akunis. He noted that last week's reg-

ulation law is another step in realizing G-d's promise to Abraham: "I will give it to you and to your descendants forever."

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“No stronger retrograde force (than Islam) exists in the world.” – Winston Churchill. This enervating process is the daily background to the practice of FGM (female genital mutilation), honor killing of daughters, parents wrapping their children in explosives, and husbands stoning their wives to death. The frustrated human spirit protests in hatred and savagery. From the earliest age, they are taught and urged to stab, kill, rape, humiliate,

stone, and drive vehicles into crowds of Jews and Christians, and homosexuality and apostasy are punishable by death. The peoples of the current Islamic territories were once Zoroastrian, Christian, Pharoahan, Berber/Imazighen, Jewish, Baha’i, etc., until the Arabs swept out of the Arabian Peninsula in all directions, conquering and confin ing their victims to the life-denying cult known euphemistically as Islam. It is they who now seek American freedoms, longing for the light, as does

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as the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel. As J Street says in its anti-Friedman campaign, "Friedman is a friend of the settlement movement who backs unlimited settlement expansion" in Judea and Samaria.

J Street, which states that it is a pro-Israel organization, has circulated a sample letter among its members that it recommends be sent to their Senators. Th members are asked to "strongly urge" their Senators to "reject Donald Trump's choice to be the next US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman."

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Greenberg also used the conclusion of the case to take aim at Spitzer, whom he blames for starting the "unjust crusade" against him as payback for criticizing him in public. "I intend to continue to

pursue my defamation action against Mr. Spitzer, whose political grandstanding started this unjust crusade against me 12 years ago," said Greenberg. Spitzer's lawsuit forced Greenberg to step down from AIG, a company that had grown into a global insurance giant

Jewish Community’s Vice President for Community Engagement, added, “For the the top or we lead to the bottom. fi st time in history, the Jewish An America that does not wel- people are not refugees. We are come refugees is not America, a free and empowered people in and we will continue to make America and around the world. that message clear in the months And we have a role to play – a responsibility we must live up to. and years ahead.” Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, HIAS We are called by our mandate to Continued from page 5

Beautiful Friendship Unfortunately, Netanyahu does not seem to realize the rections in the event that Syria implications of Trump’s lack of became serious about peace at interest in following in his predecessors’ footsteps in relation some later date. Begin’s example should in- to the PLO. Over the past few weeks, form Netanyahu’s preparations Netanyahu has insisted that he for his meeting with Trump. Continued from page 19

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argument to the court, Lewin called the Airport Authority’s punishment an “ambush” of Ms. Abeles. Lewin said after the Fourth Circuit’s decision was rendered, “The Airport Authority’s conduct was the most egregious example

of deliberate retaliation for observance of a religious holiday that I have seen in decades of experience in this field. If so thin a pretext as the MWAA offered can excuse punishment for religious observance, no employee with a bona fide religious duty is safe from arbitrary after-the-fact punishment by his or her employer.”

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whole grains contribute to feelings of fullness and appear to increase metabolism, she added. "The study was short in duration and somewhat limited in population diversity, but the outcome is a positive nutrition recommendation that anyone could benefit from," she said. The study was published online Feb. 8 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In a related study in the same issue of the journal, the same

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group of researchers found that people who ate whole grains had modest improvements in healthy gut environment and certain immune responses. Whole-grain intake has also been linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers, the researchers noted. When shopping, how do you find hole-grain products? Look on the label for ''100 percent whole grains," Karl said. "Just because something is made with whole grains doesn't mean

Sunni States' Military have seen nuclear weapons fall into the hands of genocidal map will remain unaltered in jihadists. Should Sunni states begin the coming years is far from their own nuclear programs in certain. Had Israel, according to response to Iran's own future international media reports, nuclear efforts, the danger of not bombed Syria's nuclear atomic bombs falling into Islaweapons production facility in mist hands would increase. The e is no alternative but Deir Al-Zor in 2007, the area, now filled with ISIS, could to plan for such contingencies Continued from page 23

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A resident of London, Kalmenson is a columnist for Chabad.org, and rabbi and executive director of Chabad Belgravia, where the book was launched in the fall of 2015. Dr. Mark Glaser—emeritus chief of cancer services at Imperial College and honorary consultant in clinical oncology

at Imperial College hospitals, who taught at Harvard and Yale universities, and was a research fellow at Stanford University— spoke at the launch. He praised the book, saying that he feels as if he has gotten to know the Rebbe, whom he referred to as “undoubtedly one of the greatest rabbis of the 20th century,” through Kalmenson and his teachings.

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estimated, led to about $7 million in commissions. A representative for Newmark was not immediately available for comment, but company CEO Barry Gosin said in a statement released with the annual earnings that the brokerage expects low interest rates and steady GDP growth to provide a boost in 2017.” In the statement, Gosin said,

“As our recently hired brokers ramp up their productivity, and as we continue to execute our strategy, we expect to grow our revenues and profits faster than the overall industry going forward.” It is uncertain what will happen to Newmark in New York City as a result of the IPO. Although, if it is anything like competitor brokerage Cushman & Wakefiel ’s plans, then the

there has to be much in there," he explained. "Look to see if the first ingredient is whole grain, and 100 percent." The e may also be a label, issued by the Whole Grains Council, that indicates what percent of whole grain a food contains, he added. Karl is now a nutrition scientist with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend eating six servings of grains daily, with at least half of those servings being whole grains. (HEALTHDAY NEWS)

in the current unpredictable regional environment, where today's rational states could be replaced by sinister forces tomorrow. (IPT) Yaakov Lappin is a military and strategic affairs correspondent. He also conducts research and analysis for defense think tanks, and is the Israel correspondent for IHS Jane's Defense Weekly. His book, The Virtual Caliphate, explores the online jihadist presence.

McMahon, who stepped down as CEO of WWE in 2009, said her goal is to "revitalize a spirit of entrepreneurship in America." She said strengthening a small business disaster relief program would be her fi st priority. President Donald Trump has had a long friendship with the

McMahon's and WWE. Trump is a member of the WWE hall of fame after his long association with the company. The Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., hosted two Wrestlemanias in the 1980s, and Trump has made several memorable appearances at wrestling matches over the years. "After trading in his favorite television catchphrase ‘You’re

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Famed “Aluminaire House”

of the cruise missile, the newspaper quoted administration officials as saying. One is located at the missile was still in the testing Russia's missile test site at KapusContinued from page 12 tin Yar in the country's southeast. phase. The other cruise missile battalInstead, Russia has moved The New York Times said the previous U.S. administration of ahead with the SSC-8 missile, ion has been located at an operPresident Barack Obama had deploying it as an operational ational base elsewhere in Russia, the Times quoted one unidentiattempted to persuade Moscow system, the report said. Russia now has two battalions fied officia as saying. to correct the violation while

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state, and local correctional facilities. Jose Padilla, the alleged "dirty bomber" who fi st learned of a radical form of Islam while in a Florida county jail and was originally sentenced to life in prison, is scheduled to be released in eight years. Who will be the parole offic s assigned to supervise him and will those officers be afforded any specialized training before that happens? In some cases, specialized facilities like Guantanamo are necessary in dealing with enemy combatants and other committed jihadists. Th y are effective. No anecdotal evidence has been presented showing them to be

a recruitment tool for ISIS or al Qaida. Th t is like saying that Alcatraz was responsible for the increase in violent crime. The number of people arrested in the U.S. for terrorism-related crimes nearly tripled in 2015. Th t year, FBI Director James Comey testified that more than 200 people traveled overseas from the United States in an attempt to fi ht alongside ISIS or al-Qaida related groups in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2016, Comey said his agents still had 1,000 open cases related to ISIS. Within the next few years, he said, there may be a "terrorist diaspora" of ISIS fi hters leaving the battlefiel

beginning and believes that New Caledonia Jewry has a to shul on Purim day to hear the bright future ahead. More proMegillah and ended up celebrat- grams, in addition to the ones ing his bar mitzvahby putting currently in place for adults on tefillin or the very fi st time. and children, are on the hori“We feel the koach—the zon. Also planned is the constrength, power and wisdom— struction of a mikvah. “This book has been written of the Rebbe, leading us on our “When we have a proper with diligence, authority and way,” affirms Sabbach. center, with a preschool and exemplary literary style. It will He hopes that this is just the other communal needs, we will be an enabler for those who need to change their lives and get through their tribulations to be granted a perfect healing for mind, body and soul,” said Glaser. neighborhood. Continued from page 7 A Time to Heal quickly gained The house being a possible popularity and was out of print at a public hearing held by the target of vandals and graffiti within months of its release. city’s Landmarks Preservation artists was also a concern. As A second edition has been Commission. The gist of their one resident exclaimed, “To all printed and can be purchased on complaints was that the house’s these architects who think it’s Kehot.com metallic style stuck out like a a great idea, how would they (CHABAD.ORG) gigantic sore thumb compared like it if this house was dropped ?” to the red-brick, English-gar- into their neighborhoods company may make many ma- den-style houses that fill the City Council member Jimmy jor changes to pull in investors. According to TRD, “Industry observers have speculated Cushman is headed for a public offering ever since it was merged with Chicago-based brokerage DTZ, which is backed by private equity group TPG. The company has tightened its belt through layoffs, but also expanded with the acquisition of Massey Knakal Realty Services and poaching big-time dealmakers Doug Harmon and Adam Spies from Eastdil Secured.”

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fi ed!' for a national promise to ‘Make America Great Again,' Donald Trump won his fi st presidential campaign against key contender Hillary Clinton and officia y took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2017, to become the 45th President of the United States — the fi st time in history a WWE Hall of Famer would ever hold the distinguished title of U.S. Commander-in-Chief," WWE says on its website. (INN & WASHINGTON FREE BEACON)

PAGE 37 of Syria and returning to their home countries, committed to carrying out more terrorist attacks. We can only hope that the vast majority will be apprehended before they can carry out attacks here in the United States. And when they are, we had better be prepared to effectively deal with them throughout their entire time in the system. Anything less is unacceptable to the citizens of this great country. (IPT) IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy is the former Deputy Inspector General for New York State Department of Corrections and author of The Fertile Soil of Jihad. He currently teaches a class on terrorism for the United States Military Special Operations School. thrive even more,” says the rabbi. “People will want to come here, establish a life here, especially those who live in France. It’s very beautiful here, and life is very calm.” Th t’s not news to current residents, whose heritage has come to life in a more public way. They couldn’t be happier. As Gangloff practically gushes: “From the bottom of my heart, thank you for coming here!” (CHABAD.ORG)

Van Bramer told the New York Post, “While I, in particular, as a cultural-aff irs chairman of the City Council, appreciate architecture and design, we very much felt that this particular building was wildly out of context. This silver, modern, spaceship-looking edifice was going to be plopped down in the middle of our community. Whether you like it aesthetically or not, it just didn’t belong there.”

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connectivity and artificial intelligence. Great opportunities, but also great challenges. And in Israel, we're exploiting these opportunities and we're meeting these challenges.” In a further sign of the shared U.S.-Israel vision on cybersecurity, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder told conference attendees that "in Michigan, we also have a national service cyber unit, much

like the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). We established the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, gathering talented individuals who can respond if anything occurs, which I am very excited about, because I believe it is the forefront of the future." As they deepen their cybersecurity ties, Israel and the U.S. may also be well-served to keep an eye on regional developments

such as the ongoing Iranian-Saudi cyberwar. According to a recent report by the McClatchy chain of American newspapers, Iran and Saudi Arabia “have been lobbing digital artillery fi e at each other in a simmering conflict” that started when Iranian hackers destroyed more than 30,000 computers belonging to the Saudi Aramco energy company. The cyberwar fl red up in

January, with Saudi Arabia issuing an “urgent call” to domestic network systems operators to be on alert for Iranian cyberattacks. “As the Trump administration casts about for a cybersecurity policy,” wrote McClatchy national security reporter Tim Johnson, “the byte battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia may well be a harbinger for confli ts to come.”

the morning. The e is no battlefront like World War I or World War II, there are no trenches." Gorka said the United States during the Obama and Bush administrations focused too heavily on physical battlefield actions, like death tolls, as the metric of success in the war on terrorism.

Meanwhile, the information war fell behind, he said. Bill Gertz, senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon and author of the newly released book iWar, called for the Trump administration to reestablish a U.S. information agency that can both "promote American

ideals" and counteract "lies and deception." Obama signed a defense bill in December requiring the State Department to engage in countermeasures, including counter-disinformation, to combat the spread of adversarial ideologies, but Gertz said the

bill did not go far enough. "We need to retool for the information age," Gertz said at the Heritage Foundation. "We really are deficient in this area of promoting the American ideal and we're facing competing narratives."

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mittee, said, "Even a readiness to have a dialogue with Russians is seen by the hawks in WashingLeonid Slutsky, who heads the ton as a thought crime. Forcing Continued from page 9 Duma's foreign aff irs commit- the resignation of the national But Russian lawmakers said tee, said Flynn's resignation was a security adviser for contacts with the Russian ambassador, which Flynn's quick departure amount- "negative signal." Member of the Duma, Kon- is normal diplomatic practice, is ed to an attack on attempts to improve relations between Moscow stantin Kosachev, who is chair not just paranoia but something of Russia's Foreign Aff irs Com- immeasurably worse." and Washington.

As a string of U.S. news accounts about Flynn's conversations were published, several Democratic senators called for an investigation of Flynn, while others urged Trump to fi e him and for intelligence official to review his security clearance. Nine anonymous people described as current and former

U.S. official told the Post that Flynn and Kislyak explicitly discussed the sanctions placed on Russia by Obama after revelations that Russia had hacked into the computers of John Podesta, the campaign chief for Democrat Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state Trump defeated in the November election.

The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks released thousands of Podesta's emails in the weeks leading up to the election, many of them showing embarrassing, behind-the-scenes details of how Democratic operatives worked to ease Clinton's path to the Democratic presidential nomination.

Later on, ViewEat will make it possible for independent restaurants to add their ingreSela of Kfar Saba. “However, dient info and keep it updated Continued from page 26 already a person with a peanut themselves. “ViewEat is not a guarantee allergy or on a low-salt diet, for your dietary needs. example, can find at least some for allergy safety,” Sela cautions. And it’s all available for free. “We are now in the process matches in chain restaurant “It is a system that allows inforof inserting data and making it menus and we’ll increase our mation to get to the diner faster and more easily. We won’t say a user-friendly,” says CEO Omer database next year.”

restaurant is totally clean of peanuts or whatever. We say this is what the restaurant claims and you have to check further.” Sela says most restaurant chains provide ingredient data online, but usually in a format that is not easy to decipher. And other nutrition-oriented apps don’t have exactly the same fo-

cus as ViewEat. “We appreciate other websites and apps which present some or elaborate data on nutritional values,” he tells ISRAEL21c. “However, after thorough market research, we believe that the ViewEat concept is the most comprehensive solution for a large variety of needs — food al-

lergies, food sensitivities, lactose intolerance, obesity, diabetes, low fat/sugar/salt or high-protein diets as well as kosher or halal options in relevant restaurants — combined with a multilingual and graphic intuitive interface and labeling that can be understood in any culture.”

lar plants is now more affordable, these power sources remain sporadic. Until more of the energy Continued from page 4 produced in New York currently can be stored for later use, like in a comes from renewables. While it batteries or pumped hydro plants, a quarter of the electric energy is true that building wind and so- we must continue to utilize more

reliable sources. As per the NYT, Mr. Kauffman said the key to meeting our objectives will be to focus on reducing the demand on the electric system, especially at peak times,

which is around 5 pm in the winter or 3 pm in the summer. Th state is offering fin ncing to entice private companies to develop sensors and software to make transmission more effici t. Th

likes will include batteries for renewable energy, as well as “smart appliances,” such as washing machines or dishwashers designed to delay a cycle until demand is lower, like in the middle of the night.

“robust" discussion on how to continue the pressure on Iran over its behavior, including its actions in Syria, Lebanon and other countries in the region. “Keeping in mind also that this agreement involves several other major powers,” Lebaron added. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran will “strongly confront any war-mongering policies” amid increased tensions with the United States following Trump's election. President Trump has made promises that were viewed as veering sharply from longstand-

ing U.S. policy regarding the Israel-Palestine dispute. He has pledged to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an approach that would break decades of U.S policy, which calls for the city’s disputed status to be resolved through negotiations. Trump has also signaled that he would take a much softer approach to the settlements. Last December, he criticized the Obama administration’s decision to abstain on a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Israel’s settlement construction in the West Bank. “I expect the president to fin

a way to implement and fulfill these promises," said Satloff. He added those promises have a role to play in whether Netanyahu can return home with enough political gains “to enable him to withstand the pressure” from Israel’s right-wing. But others said the meeting could be primarily symbolic. “There is no doubt that in a certain way there’s a lower expectation because, indeed, President Trump doesn’t have a team in place,” said Washington Institute's Makovsky. “It’s easier for him to say, 'I’m in a listening mode”.

Th ugh Trump has expressed an intention to facilitate peace between Israel and the Palestinians, he has not indicated much sympathy with the aspirations of the latter. The Palestinians are “already seeing that in the way the president refers to settlements and so there will be some apprehension about how this may unfold,” said Ambassador Lebaron. Before flying home Thursday, Netanyahu plans to meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders.

tions, in addition to international fin ncial institutions to follow up this blatant violation of inContinued from page 16 "The ministry follows close- ternational law, and impose the ly this serious issue with local, necessary sanctions on the Isconstruction and colonial oc- regional and, international spe- raeli banking system, the Israeli cupational associations and cialized forums, demanding the banks involved in it, and the all companies." United Nations and its institu- providers of financial facili-

ties to settlers and settlement’s construction," the statement concluded. Members of Amana have been arrested in the past for involvement in plots to buy land in the West Bank using forged documents and without the

consent of the landowners. Both Amona and Migron were evacuated and ordered to be demolished by Israel's Supreme Court, which ruled that they had been built on land privately owned by Palestinians. The Israeli government last

week passed the "Regularization Bill", which will retroactively legalize some 4,000 settler homes built illegally on privately owned Palestinian lands, sparking fie ce condemnations from the international community.

Israel-US Cybersecurity Netanyahu. “It’s not an accident, as one would say. It's not an acare here in Israel” and “not an cident that in the froth and gushaccident” that the Jewish state is ing of this entire Middle East and a world leader in cybersecurity. beyond, Israel is a secure and safe “I think we're truly on the cut- environment. We have invested ting edge of this new technology in our security in creative ways, and we've had many successes successful ways…We stand, all in ensuring our security,” said of us, at the nexus of big data, Continued from page 17

WH Aide Chides Obama’s going to move. Th y may go North, they may go West, they liphate of the mind," Gorka said. may come across the Atlantic," "We're not going to capture he continued. "We must underall the jihadists, we're not go- stand, ISIS's battlefront begins ing to kill all of them … they're when you leave your house in Continued from page 9

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approach of the Trump administration, shifti g from dismantling the deal to tightening its enforcement, while increasing pressure on Iran for its recent ballistic missile test. “I was reassured by what I heard in the meetings on the intention to stick to the full implementation of the agreement,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Friday, after talks at the White House and State Department.

“I think the debate about ripping up the agreement has essentially been settled and there are very few prominent voices [advocating that]," said Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, “The debate is within the how do you enforce the hell out of it." Career diplomat Lebaron told VOA he does not sense "an immediate need on either side to dismantle the agreement per se.” Instead the former ambassador to Kuwait says he expects

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Berkeley, Identity Politics, and the Progressive Assault on Campus Free Speech By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD

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f the many intellectual perversions currently taking root on college campuses, perhaps none is more contradictory to what should be one of higher education’s core values than the suppression of free speech. With alarming regularity, speakers are shouted down, booed, jeered, and barraged with vitriol, all at the hands of progressive groups who give lip service to the notion of academic free speech, and who demand it when their own speech is at issue, but have no interest in listening to, or letting others listen to, ideas that contradict their own world view.

theme of Yiannopoulos’ February 1st speech. It was specifical y to address Berkeley’s recent decision, along with approximately 30 other campuses across the country, to become “sanctuary campuses,” giving them the dubious distinction of fl unting the intent and spirit of federal law that could lead to the arrest of students who are attending schools in this country but are actually not legally permitted to do so. Yiannopoulos was also going to raise the related, and clearly relevant, question of whether, once they had, in contravention of current law, declared themselves either sanctuary cities of sanctuary campuses, these entities should lose Federal funding.

At Berkeley University, some 1500 violent rioters, including members of the radical, far-Left Antifa group, feminists, gay activists, pro-immigration groups, and other faculty and students, lit fires, smashed windows, tossed smoke bombs, destroyed property, and pepper sprayed and beat pro-Trump bystanders and conservatives, all because of the purported extreme ideology of Milo Yiannopoulos, a speaker invited to campus by the Berkeley College Republicans that evening as part of his “The Dangerous Faggot Tour.”

Interestingly, in sending a letter to the university community prior to the Yiannopoulos’ planned speech, Berkeley’s Chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, confi med, on one hand, a “right to free expression, enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and refle ted in some of the most important moments of Berkeley’s history,” but then portrayed Yiannopoulos in that letter as “a troll and provocateur who uses odious behavior in part to ‘entertain,’ but also to defle t any serious engagement with ideas,” clearly signaling to readers that, as far as the Berkeley administration was concerned, this speech would be in violation of the prevailing norms and beliefs of the University at large and would, consequently, have no intrinsic intellectual value. So while Dirks was purportedly supporting the idea of academic free speech, together with its oft-lauded vigorous open debate, he actually was violating the content neutrality that is required of free speech With alarming regularity, on campuses by leaving no one reading his letter with any doubt speakers are shouted as to where he and the Universidown, booed, jeered, ty stood on this issue, especially and barraged with vitriol, all at the hands of since the decision had already progressive groups who been made to ignore existing statutes that would call for the give lip service to the notion of academic free arrest and possible deportation of individuals who attend speech schools in this country but are not legally permitted to do so. The debate over whether Lost in the reporting about the Berkeley rioting, of course, immigration to this country is the topic that was to be the should continue without proper This is the tragic and inevitable result of decades of grievance-based victimism by self-designated groups who frame their rights and demands on identity politics. Tho e who see themselves as perennial victims also feel very comfortable, when they express their feelings of being oppressed, in projecting that same victimization outward on their oppressors, as witnessed recently, for example, at Berkeley University where some 1500 violent rioters, including members of the radical, far-Left Antifa group, feminists, gay activists, pro-immigration groups, and other faculty and students, lit fi es, smashed windows, tossed smoke bombs, destroyed property, and pepper sprayed and beat pro-Trump bystanders and conservatives, all because of the purported extreme ideology of Milo Yiannopoulos, a speaker invited to campus by the Berkeley College Republicans that evening as part of his “The Dangerous Faggot Tour.”

vetting and oversight, of course, was one of the central issues of the recent presidential election, so there is considerable emotion and debate over this topic, especially among college students and faculty (not to mention Democrat governors and mayors across the country), who have taken it upon themselves to decide that they have greater moral authority to settle this issue than the government does in enforcing existing laws of this nation.

Berkeley, its leadership, and some of its faculty and students had unilaterally decided that sanctuary campuses were not only a good idea but something that they could implement Sixty million people, nearly half of the total population who voted in the presidential election, decided that this issue was certainly worthy of debate, and the notion that Berkeley, its leadership, and some of its faculty and students had unilaterally decided that sanctuary campuses were not only a good idea but something that they could implement—in violation of law—is certainly a topic that was worthy of being challenged by a speaker like Yiannopoulos. The Berkeley event exposes one of the dangers of suppressing certain types of speech on campus, where progressive social justice warriors feel morally empowered to decide who can say what about whom, and have taken it upon themselves to exclude and suppress certain types of speech and certain topics which they have collectively decided cannot and should not be discussed.

academic debate about the Middle East, Leftist students and faculty—at Berkeley and elsewhere— have been very free and successful in exploiting the protection of academic free speech to advance their toxic views on campuses, yet simultaneously decry that same freedom when used by those with opposing— very often stronger and more truthful—views. The e sanctimonious activists may well feel that they have access to all the truth and facts, but even if this were true—which it demonstrably and regularly is not—it does not empower them with the right to have the only voice to trumpet their ideology and to disrupt, shout down, or totally eliminate competing opinions in political or academic debates. No one individual or group has the moral authority or intellectual might to decide what may and may not be discussed, and especially young, sanctimonious students—whose expertise and knowledge about immigration, national security, and terrorism is frequently characterized by distortions, lies, lack of context, corrosive bias against democracies, and errors in history, law, and fact. College administrators regularly give lip service to the enshrined value of academic free speech and robust debate about controversial issues, and that is an admirable goal and an intellectual environment in which scholarship and learning can thrive. But university communities also thrive when they operate with civility and decorum, meaning that when it comes to academic free speech, students and faculty have the right to express their ideas, no matter how controversial, but, importantly, they must also insure that this speech takes place in what the

Lost in the reporting about the Berkeley rioting, of course, is the topic that was to be the theme of Yiannopoulos’ February 1st speech. It was specifically to address Berkeley’s recent decision, along with approximately 30 other campuses across the country, to become “sanctuary campuses,” giving them the dubious distinction of flaunting the intent and spirit of federal law that could lead to the arrest of students who are attending schools in this country but are actually not legally permitted to do so. Yiannopoulos was also going to raise the related, and clearly relevant, question of whether, once they had, in contravention of current law, declared themselves either sanctuary cities of sanctuary campuses, these entities should lose Federal funding.

No one is interested in suppressing the corrosive and unhelpful speech of these ideological brats, who preen self-righteously about their unabridged right to champion progressive aims and anti-Trump, pro-Left ideology. Similar to the anti-Israel activists who have hijacked

courts in First Amendment cases have referred to as an appropriate “time, place, and manner.” This means that it was never the intended purpose of academic free speech to enable or permit students, for example, to scream out in protest in classrooms if they disagree with

the instructor or merely wish to raise their displeasure with some issue, engage in speech and behavior that would normally be considered to be incitement or harassment or criminal, and, most relevant to this current issue, individuals cannot, under the protection of free

accusation that counter-speech to this activism is merely a disingenuous effort on the part of conservatives to suppress and “chill” the free speech of these arrogant, sententious anti-Trump progressives is yet another attempt to neutralize and eliminate an opposing view,

Most universities, of course, have codes of conduct which proscribe inappropriate speech and behavior, as does Berkeley, whose own Code of Student Conduct would punish the protestors who disrupted Yiannopoulos’ speech because “Some forms of speech are not constitutionally protected and may be grounds for discipline,” including “threats of violence, incitement to imminent lawless action, raising false alarms regarding imminent personal danger, and certain severe and pervasive harassment.”

speech, deprive another of his or her free speech rights—through disruptions, heckling, physical obstructions, or other tactics which have as their purpose to suppress and/or eliminate the speech of those with opposing views.

The Berkeley event exposes one of the dangers of suppressing certain types of speech on campus, where progressive social justice warriors feel morally empowered to decide who can say what about whom Most universities, of course, have codes of conduct which proscribe inappropriate speech and behavior, as does Berkeley, whose own Code of Student Conduct would punish the protestors who disrupted Yiannopoulos’ speech because “Some forms of speech are not constitutionally protected and may be grounds for discipline,” including “threats of violence, incitement to imminent lawless action, raising false alarms regarding imminent personal danger, and certain severe and pervasive harassment.” It was never the purpose of academic free speech, from either a legal or moral standpoint, to allow whiny intellectual thugs to determine which ideas could be aired and which could not—a fascistic tactic that has no place in the academy where at least the pretense of scholarly inquiry and debate still remains. And the other, oft-ex ressed

deeming it malicious in its intent and therefore undeserving of attention. Because they most likely know that their arguments and ideology are defective and cannot stand up to the scrutiny that an actual vigorous debate will bring, these self-professed champions of free speech in reality wish for that privilege and right to be enjoyed only by them. “The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is,” observed John Stuart Mill in On Liberty, “that . . . [i]f the opinion is right, [individuals] are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.” True intellectual diversity — the ideal that is often bandied about but rarely achieved — must be dedicated to the protection of unfettered speech, representing opposing viewpoints, where the best ideas become clear through the utterance of weaker ones. Universities, if they truly believe that academic free speech helps achieve “the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth,” must insure that rights to expression are not trampled on by those whose ideology is so virulent that they are unable, and unwilling, to, as Mill put it, “exchange error for truth.” Richard L. Cravatts, PhD, President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews.

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Empowering Students to Succeed Despite Learning Differences By: Robin Gorman Newman

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ransitioning to college can be a challenge for any student, but this is particularly true for teens who learn differently. Having to rely more on their own capacity for initiative and organization, students with Executive Functioning challenges often feel as if they’re fighting an uphill battle to become a collegiate self-starter. Add ADHD, and college can become a campus for confusion, anxiety and disillusionment.

“Formulating time management schedules, along with daily and weekly plans, are important steps in helping student with EF cope more efficient ,” says Dr. Raviv Enter Dr. Odey Raviv, Ph.D. For over 30 years, Dr. Raviv has helped students with special needs who struggle with motivation and academic challenges. Born in Tel Aviv, and now living in Glen Cove, NY, he is an Academic Coach, and more and more parents are calling on him to help their teens achieve success at college. Dr. Raviv began his career as a teacher of self-contained classes for children with learning disabilities and behavioral dis-

orders. Five years later, he was offered a Ph.D. fellowship at the University of Florida where he studied Special Education. After returning to the NYC school system, he was in the core group that initiated the Resource Room Teaching Model, and he formulated therapeutic sports programs for mainstream and special education youngsters. His work at the Long Island Jewish Hospital’s Learning Diagnostic Center and as an Assistant Professor at CUNY, broadened his experience addressing older students with Learning Differences, ADHD, and Executive Functioning challenges. Executive Functioning (EF) and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable students to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Student with poor EF skills often also have learning disabilities and ADHD. Th y are more disorganized than other kids and get overwhelmed by assignments that involve planning and decision making. “Formulating time management schedules, along with daily and weekly plans, are important steps in helping student with EF cope more efficiently,” says Dr. Raviv. “Explaining the rationale of each strategy so the student can develop an understanding of the process and its impact on easing the struggles of self-regulation defic ts. Exploring effective ways of learning is crucial to turning the tide of helplessness. Graph-

ic organizers can be extremely effective in organizing thoughts to initiate writing. Routine and rewards are practices that parents may utilize with specialists’ inputs. EF can be improved

For over 30 years, Dr. Odey Raviv has helped students with special needs who struggle with motivation and academic challenges. Dr. Raviv began his career as a teacher of selfcontained classes for children with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. Five years later, he was offered a Ph.D. fellowship at the University of Florida where he studied Special Education. After returning to the NYC school system, he was in the core group that initiated the Resource Room Teaching Model, and he formulated therapeutic sports programs for mainstream and special education youngsters. His work at the Long Island Jewish Hospital’s Learning Diagnostic Center and as an Assistant Professor at CUNY, broadened his experience addressing older students with Learning Differences, ADHD, and Executive Functioning challenges.

with new skills, consistency and determination.” Th ough cultivating a personal relationship with each student and fully assessing and addressing individual needs, Dr. Raviv provides mentoring,

Manhattan Day School Celebrates Its Varsity Athletes Edited by: JV Staff

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n Thursday, February 2nd, Manhattan Day School honored its varsity players and coaches at its fi st annual Sports Banquet. The MDS Mavericks Boys' Basketball, Girls' Basketball and Boys' Hockey teams have done exceptionally well this season and are all in contention for advancing to the playoffs "This could be the fi st time in Manhattan Day School’s 74-year history that we could have three varsity teams in the playoffs, says Ami Eden, President of the Board. “We are very proud of our athletes.” The program began with the sixth, seventh and eighth graders playing basketball and hockey table games, then watching a video composed of sports bloopers and America's funniest home sports videos. Th video was followed by a buffet dinner catered by Landmark Caterers. Parents were invited to join the group for dessert and the presentation. Basketball Coach De'Jon Jackson, Assistant Basketball Coach Julio Garcia, Hockey Coach Nick Woelfel, and Assistant Hockey Coach Shlomo David were presented with personalized team jackets, which they immediately slipped on and wore with pride. "It was important to acknowledge our coaches and thank

Manhattan Day School honored its varsity players and coaches at its first annual Sports Banquet.

them for all the hard work they have put in with the students," says Rachel Dube of DubeZone, Director of MDS Sports Teams. In return, each coach awarded two team members with special trophies. Charlie Eden and Shalom Hazan were recognized from the boys’ basketball team, Rachel Debora and Emilee Srulowitz were recognized from the girls’ basketball team, and Jonah Elzweig and Simon Wildes received awards for the boys' hockey team. “There are kids who are going to be CEOs, doctors, lawyers, own their own teams and do other amazing things,” says Jackson. “Th ough what they’ve learned in basketball and hockey, they will be able to focus and work together to reach their goals. When they step into real life, these skills will take them far.”

inspiration, tools, strategies, and instills a sense of enhanced confidenc . By offering continuity via their work together, he helps students stay accountable and on track, as they strengthen

Srulowitz and Debora said they were honored to be recognized. “We felt a lot of support and appreciation for our effort and teamwork." “The event boosted morale and brought everyone together,” says Jonah Elzweig, the hockey team’s starting goalie. “I’m really proud of the kids; they’ve grown a lot,” says Woelfel. “One thing that we’ve championed ever since I started here day one is that hockey, in general, is a team game and we try to instill a sense of family in it. Everyone has contributed to the team in some way.” All of the athletes received MDS Mavericks duffel bags at the end of the program. The school plans to honor its JV teams later in the spring and hopes the banquet will become an annual event.

their newfound independence. He also guides college students in advocating for themselves in an environment that differs considerably from high school where they received services and support.

“College presents a scenario that can easily have a student feeling overwhelmed. Time management, for example, is of particular importance,” Dr. Raviv explains, and “this doesn’t come naturally to those who procrastinate and struggle to prioritize. Interpreting a class syllabus and breaking it down into manageable steps can be tough, as is learning to balance leisure and extracurricular activities with studies. Students engaged in demanding collegiate sports face this challenge in a big way.” “In high school, if a student receives special support services, the school is going to come to these kids and take them out of class for support. At the college level, the schools won’t chase students. Th y have to acknowledge they need support to succeed, “says Dr. Raviv. “It takes determination because when they see fellow students do things in half the time, it can be frustrating. Th y need to have a long-term goal in order to stick with it. I have seen many kids thrive after struggling with academics for years. “ Dr. Raviv addresses a wide array of subjects including Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Written Expression and Editing, Problem Solving, Study Skills, Time Management, and Standardized Test Preparation. He works privately with students nationwide both in-person and virtually via Skype, FaceTime and Google Docs.

“My message to parents is: never give up on your child. Provide the support and direction that will lead them to success,” says Dr. Raviv. “It’s vital how

“My message to parents is: never give up on your child. Provide the support and direction that will lead them to success,” says Dr. Raviv you communicate. You want to identify strengths and play them up as much as possible. Grades aren’t everything, and you want to raise your child so they may pave their own way in the world. The e is more than one way to find happiness and success. We can’t all be good at everything, but we each bring something to the table. Nurture that. Build their socialization skills and sense of self through positive dialogue. Focus on the long run and not get caught up strictly in academia. Teach perseverance and that it’s okay to make mistakes. What’s important is that they do their personal best and don’t give up, but share with you how they feel, so you can step in if necessary. Let them know it’s not a weakness to reach out for help. Celebrate their achievements, the big and small.” Visit www.CollegiateAcademicCoach.com. Dr. Raviv may be reached via email at dr.odeyraviv@gmail.com and 516-732-1617.

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New Caledonia: A South Pacific Isle Where Judaism Blossoms The presence of Chabad is ‘a breath of fresh air’ for Jewish tourists and residents By: Faygie Levy Holt

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he temperature is in the mid-80s right now in New Caledonia. Th sun beckons, the sea sparkles, and the Jewish community . . . well, it’s small. An estimated 250 Jews live in this archipelago in the Southwest Pacific out of a total population of about 268,000. It is the 91st country/territory to have a Chabad center. Among its newest inhabitants (for now, part-time) are Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Menachem and Bassie Sabbach, who are in the process of moving to the territory to help Jewish residents and tourists connect to their heritage. Right now, they and their two young sons—Eliyahu, 2½, and Shneur Zalman, 4—have been flying in and out for prayer services, programs, classes and holidays until they are permanently situated in Nouméa, the capital

and largest city. For Jewish residents there, such as Avital Gangloff, “Chabad is a real joy, a breath of fresh air.” As she describes in an email: “They arrived with suitcases filled with simchas, with stories of the Rebbe [Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory], and an unfailing commitment to serve and be there for every Jewish person they meet. With each passing day, this strengthens our emunah [faith]. And it gives us great relief. Relief because it is not a given for us to be ensured prayer services, even for holidays. It is in this kind of community that one sees the power of Jews gathering together—the possibilities we have when we are one.” Gangloff maintains that the cohesiveness has brought something else to New Caledonia. “Judaism is also about encountering each other in person and sharing time in synagogue together, which we can almost

Haim David Helias, left, and his son, Abel, join the rabbi in the sukkah.

Guy Flak lights the Chanukah menorah

forget in a little community like ours,” she explains. “I cannot say that this or that activity counted for me; I cannot pinpoint a particular event that I enjoyed most. But I can say that everything counts! Knowing that we will not be alone for a Jewish holiday or festive meal or celebration is a blessing.”

‘Leading Us on Our Way’

The rabbi, originally from Melbourne, Australia, is a fluent French speaker; his parents were raised in France. Bassie Sabbach is from Manchester, England. Their eventual new home on this string of picture-perfect-looking islands, administered by France, lies 750 miles east of Australia. The offici language is French, with a population comprised primarily of the Kanak people, the original inhabitants of New Caledonia; those of European descent; Polynesians; and Southeast Asians. “Our main goal is to work with the Jewish people who live

European Low-Cost Airline Opens New Israel Routes

here now and the tourists,” says the rabbi. “Thousands upon thousands of people come here from November through January, the summer season. Every week, we get emails asking about kosher food or Jewish life here. The e is a huge potential to reach out to many Jews. Thiscan really be a place that can fl urish Jewishly.” Rosh Hashanah brought more than 70 local residents to hear the shofar and pray together. Chanukah festivities drew upwards of 150 people and was covered on the evening news there. The joy from a recent brit milah reverberated throughout the existing synagogue in Nouméa, which Rabbi Sabbach will head once there for good. According to Sabbach, each Jewish person in this verdant place has a story. There’s the longtime active community

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Menachem and Bassie Sabbach, and their two young children, are in the process of moving to Nouméa, New Caledonia, on a permanent basis. Photo Credit: Chabad.org

The brit milah of Lyam Hayoun recently took place in the synagogue.

leader who has a large framed joyed a Shabbat meal with the photo of the Rebbe in her home. Sabbachs. The man who came The father who once studied in See New Caledonia: A South , page 37 a yeshivah in France who en-

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reland-based low-cost airline Ryanair and the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced that the airline will begin serving a series of new routes in the coming months seven from Tel Aviv to a variety of European cities and eight from the new Eilat Ovda airport to Bratislava, Budapest, Krakow and Kaunas. “The signific nt entry of Ryanair operations into Israel is good news that will make an immediate contribution both in terms of increasing incoming tourism and in reducing the cost of fli hts in and out of Israel,” stated Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. “I am pleased that the cooperation between the Tourism Ministry and Ryanair has gone up a level with the company expressing great confidence in the Israeli tourism product,” he said. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel welcomed 2.9 million tourists in 2016, an increase of 3.6% over 2015 following intensive marketing efforts by the Tourism Ministry. This is the fi st time the Irish company is increasing its op-

Ireland-based low-cost airline Ryanair and the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced that the airline will begin serving a series of new routes in the coming months seven from Tel Aviv to a variety of European cities and eight from the new Eilat Ovda airport to Bratislava, Budapest, Krakow and Kaunas.

erations in Tel Aviv and Eilat since the beginning of its operations in Israel. The new routes are expected to be operational in March of 2016, though comprehensive details remain to be divulged. According to Ryanair website, fli hts from Tel Aviv to Cyprus will begin on March 28, with fares starting at €19.99, approximately 80 shekels. Ryanair has often made clear its plans to go beyond European airports and to use Israel to

expand its Middle East market. Israel’s airports are currently the only ones the low-cost airline company serves in the region, out of 33 partner countries in total. Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Office David O’Brien stated that to celebrate the launch of the Israel winter 2017 schedule, the company would release seats for sale from Tel Aviv and Eilat Ovda from just €20, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday. (TPS)

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Beware Heart Attack Risk From Shoveling Snow

Study found switching to more fibrous fare lowered calorie absorption, boosted metabolism rate By: Kathleen Doheny

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witching to whole-grain foods might help keep your weight in check as much as a brisk 30-minute daily walk would, a new study suggests. Whole grains seem to both lower the number of calories your body absorbs during digestion and speed metabolism, explained study author J. Philip Karl. He's a nutrition scientist who did the research while a Ph.D. student in nutrition at Tufts niversity in Boston. While other studies have found that people who eat whole grains are slimmer and have lower body fat than those who do not, Karl said it has been hard to separate the effects of whole grains from regular exercise and a healthier diet overall.

"It provides good evidence that consumption of whole grains is an important part of a healthful eating plan," Connie Diekman said. So, for the new study, "we strictly controlled diet. We didn't let them lose weight," he said. The researchers did that by pinpointing the specific caloric needs of each of the 81 men and women, aged 40 to 65, in the study.

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hoveling is the probable reason why men are more likely to suffer a heart attack after a heavy snowfall, researchers report. In a new study, investigators analyzed data on heart attacks between the months of November and April in the province of Quebec between 1981 and 2014. About 60 percent of hospital admissions and deaths due to heart attack were in men. Whole grains seem to both lower the number of calories The findi gs showed that your body absorbs during digestion and speed metabolism, men's risk of heart attack hospiexplained study author J. Philip Karl. talization and death was higher For the fi st two weeks of the to refined grains would be after heavy snowfalls. The highstudy, everyone ate the same equivalent to the calories you est risk was on the day after a types of food and the research- would burn if you were to walk snowfall and after snowfalls lasters computed their individual about a mile [in] about 20 or 30 ing two to three days. The risk calorie needs to maintain their minutes," he said. But the study of heart attack after a snowfall weights. After that, the research- did not prove that whole grains was higher regardless of age, carers randomly assigned people to cause weight loss. diovascular risk factors or other ''We don't know over the health conditions. eat either a whole-grain or relong term if it would transfined-gr in diet. The link between snowfalls The men and women were late to weight loss," Karl said, and increased heart attack risk told to eat only the food provid- but his team suspects it would. was not seen in women, the ed and to continue their usual "This would translate to about study authors noted. 5 pounds in a year," Karl physical activity. However, "men are potentially Tho e on the whole-grain estimated. more likely than women to shovThe study is solid, said Con- el, particularly after heavy snowdiet absorbed fewer calories and had greater fecal output. Thei nie Diekman, director of uni- falls," according to Dr. Nathalie resting metabolic rate (calories versity nutrition at Washington Auger, of the University of Monburned at rest) was also high- University in St. Louis. treal Hospital Research Center, "It provides good evidence er. The fi er content of wholegrain foods, about twice that of that consumption of whole refined-gr in foods, is believed grains is an important part of a We suspect that shoveling to play a major role in those re- healthful eating plan," Diekman was the main mechanism said. The study documents how sults, Karl said. linking snowfall with "The energy defic t in those [heart attack]," See Whole-Grain Foods , page 37 eating whole grains compared

Shoveling is the probable reason why men are more likely to suffer a heart attack after a heavy snowfall

and colleagues. "We suspect that shoveling was the main mechanism linking snowfall with [heart attack]," Auger's team reported. "Snow shoveling is a demanding cardiovascular exercise requiring more than 75 percent of the maximum heart rate, particularly with heavy loads," the researchers added. The study authors acknowledged that their research lacked data on sex-specific shoveling habits, size of areas shoveled and whether snow removal was manual or with a snow blower. Although the study did not prove cause and effect, the theory that shoveling is associated with an increased risk of heart attacks among men remains "plausible," the researchers concluded. The report was published Feb.

13 in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Public education campaigns are needed to alert people about the risk of heart attack after a snowfall, and the need to be cautious about shoveling if they have health problems, the study authors said in a journal news release. Dr. David Alter, of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the University of Toronto, wrote an accompanying commentary in the journal. He said that the study adds "to our understanding that the act of snow shoveling in cold temperatures sets the stage for an ecobiological-behavioral 'perfect storm,' particularly among those physically deconditioned who have or who are at risk of heart disease." (HEALTH DAY NEWS)

New Medical Software Reveals Hidden Insights Into Your Health Medial EarlySign’s software analyzes digital records to identify health risks and existing conditions that may not even be causing symptoms By: Abigail Klein Leichman

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our medical records contain hidden insights about your health risks, and if they can be found, the information could save your life. An Israeli big-data analytics startup is doing just that, using machine learning and artificial intelligence to help providers plan more individualized care for each patient.

The company’s first commercial product, ColonFlag, identifies and flags individ als with an increased probability of colorectal cancer — sometimes many months before clinical signs appear, potentially improving care and saving lives.

provider to high-risk findings. The company’s fi st commercial product, ColonFlag, identifies and flags individuals with an increased probability of colorectal cancer — sometimes many months before clinical signs appear, potentially improving care and saving lives. Medial EarlySign spent six years developing this model, and others, with Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO. Last year, the softw re analyzed digitized medical records of more than 2 million clients, successfully identifying 100 with findi gs that require intervention and 11 with colorectal cancer. “We and Maccabi are surprised to see how well our soft ware performs; it exceeds our simulations,” reports CEO and cofounder Ori Geva. ColonFlag also has been implemented in a Polish HMO and the company is in discussions with several North American healthcare organizations. Clinical evaluations and studies are taking place in 14 sites around the world.

One of four Israeli companies named in the 2016 Digital Health Global 100, Medial EarlySign’s softw re analyzes hundreds of Uncovering layers parameters, trends and interre- of knowledge lationships in existing electron“The data speaks a language of ic medical record data such as numbers that currently cannot blood test results. It automatical- be fully comprehended,” explains ly alerts a designated healthcare Tomer Amit, Medial EarlySign

ing them to be proactive in order to reduce costs. “You can’t reach out to everyvice president for corporate one so it’s helpful to point out where limited resources could marketing. “Our goal is to use advanced be invested to greater good and mathematical tools to uncover used more effici tly,” Geva tells another layer of knowledge that ISRAEL21c. The core softw re can quickly exists in the data but could not easily be seen, and find differ- be adapted to find insights relatent ways to bring it to those who ing to complications of specifi

can find the same signals in different healthcare environments and datasets.” The company’s softw re is installed on servers on the user’s premises, protected by the user’s fi ewall. Patient data are not stored on that server and each record to be analyzed is tagged with a pseudo-ID. Results are sent to the healthcare provider’s system. “We don’t have access to these servers unless it is granted to us, and even then we can’t access patient identities,” says Geva.

Spreading worldwide

Cofounder Nir Kalkstein previously helped develop machine-learning algorithms that analyzed every ask and bid on multiple stock exchanges to infer where the markets were going. “They built a successful company and after a few years Nir decided to do something else with the same idea — looking at large Medial EarlySign mines new insights from medical records. amounts of data and findi g subImage via Shutterstock.com tle and complex relationships need it most for making more chronic diseases, such as diabe- between pieces of information tes, or to acute conditions. — that would create benefit for informed decisions.” “We’ve created research and more people,” Geva explains. Medial EarlySign’s softw re Since the amount of data in can alert the physician to con- commercial relationships that ditions that aren’t causing symp- allow us access to almost 20 mil- electronic medical records is toms or whose symptoms the pa- lion individuals’ health records, growing quickly, this seemed tient may be ignoring or failing and we’re building in more,” like an area ripe for solutions. Geva says. “This will allow us to In 2009, Kalkstein and cofoundto report. It can flag preconditions, help- test our models and findi gs on ers Geva and Ofer Ariely began ing physicians comply with new different populations to see if our determining what data could be reimbursement models requir- models need adjustment or if we used and doing pilot research.

Medial EarlySign is one of a growing number of companies using machine learning and artificial intelligence to mine medical data. In Israel, Zebra Medical Vision is developing softw re that parses patterns in medical images to identify signs of

The core software can quickly be adapted to find insights relating to complications of specifi chronic diseases, such as diabetes, or to acute conditions. disease that a radiologist might miss. “We’re the most advanced company in leveraging data from clinical records,” says Geva. “We wanted to use the most simple and ubiquitous data out there, an underutilized resource, to create the biggest difference in the widest population.” Medial EarlySign employs 35 people in Kfar Malal and has offices in Boston to serve the US market and in Hanover, Germany, to serve the EU market. A branch in China is coming soon. Initially self-funded, the company received an investment from Hong Kong investor-philanthropist Li Ka-shing in 2013 and is planning a second fundraising round. (ISRAEL 21C)

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For Millions of Americans, Everyday Life Takes Toll on Their Hearing Contrary to popular opinion, work-related noise not the main culprit, CDC reports

ly as age 20. utes of exposure. People were more likely to  A rock concert generates 110 decibels, damaging hearing develop hearing loss as they grew older, the CDC researchsound waves. The ability to hear within two minutes. cause permanent damage. By: Dennis Thompson "The louder the noise and the sounds and noise is based on  A siren produces 120 deci- ers found. About one in five (19 he noise of modern life longer you are exposed to it, the the signals these hair cells send bels of noise, damaging hearing percent) of young adults 20 to 29 had hearing loss, compared causes permanent hear- more likely it will damage your to the brain, the CDC research- within one minute. To see whether these com- with more than one in four (27 ers said. ing damage to many hearing," she added. U.S. adults who don't even suspect they've experienced a loss, federal researchers reported Tuesday. Up to now, it's been suspected that work-related noise has been the culprit behind most hearing loss, the researchers said. But about 53 percent of adults with noise-induced hearing damage reported no exposure to loud sounds while on the job, according to the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Instead, their hearing apparently has been damaged by exposure to loud noise at home (think headphones) or in their The noise of modern life causes permanent hearing damage to Whole grains seem to both lower the number of calories community (blame those leaf many U.S. adults who don't even suspect they've experienced your body absorbs during digestion and speed metabolism, blowers). a loss explained study author J. Philip Karl. Many of these people don't Hearing damage occurs when mon noises are causing unsus- percent) of adults 50 to 59. Hearing loss is the third most even know they've lost hearing. The CDC recommends One in four adults who believes commonly reported chronic people are exposed to sounds pected hearing damage, the his or her hearing is good or health condition in the United above 85 decibels for an extend- CDC researchers analyzed more that people have their hearing excellent actually has hearing States, the agency said. Near- ed period. Many common nois- than 3,500 hearing tests con- checked regularly. This study ducted on adult participants in found that fewer than half — 46 ly twice as many people report es are that loud, the CDC said: damage, the CDC found. "About 20 million American hearing loss as report diabetes  Traffic noise in a car is 80 the 2012 National Health and percent — of adults who reportadults have hearing damage or cancer. And about 40 million decibels, brushing up against Nutrition Examination Survey. ed trouble hearing had actually Th y found that one in five bothered seeing a health care indicative of noise exposure Americans aged 20 to 69 have the upper limit. that probably comes from ev- hearing loss in one or both ears  A leaf blower operates at 90 people who reported no job-re- professional about their hearing eryday activities in their home that might be linked to noise decibels, and can cause hear- lated noise exposure had hear- within the past five years. Work-related hearing loss reing damage after two hours of ing damage in a pattern that's and community," Dr. Anne exposure. typically caused by noise. The mains a problem. The new study Loud noise causes hearing exposure. Schuchat, acting CDC director, said during a midday news loss by permanently damaging  A live sporting event gener- damage, shown by a distinctive found that nearly one-third of briefi g. "People may not real- the hair cells in the inner ear ates 100 decibels of noise, and drop in the ability to hear high- people who work in noisy enviize these kind of exposures can that vibrate when exposed to damages hearing after 14 min- pitched sounds, appeared as ear- ronments had hearing damage

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Notice of Qual. of COMMUNITY ENERGY SOLAR, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 11/08/2016. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 06/17/2009. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: CT Corporation System 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of MHN Government Services LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/20/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 2370 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901. LLC formed in DE on 9/21/05. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., 13th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of BOBBY'S PRIME LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/01/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 40 Central Park South, NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Ricky Passarelli at the princ. office of the LLC, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Restaurant. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of CA 485 COUNTY ROAD LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/31/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/06/16. Princ. office of LLC: 767 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10153. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (PLLC). NAME: KOSTINA LAW GROUP, PLLC. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK (SSNY) ON 11/8/2016. NY OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF THE PLLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS TO WHICH THE SSNY SHALL MAIL A COPY OF PROCESS AGAINST THE PLLC SERVED UPON HIM/HER IS: 3111 OCEAN PARKWAY, 2G, BROOKLYN, NY 11235. PURPOSE/CHARACTER OF PLLC: FOR THE PRACTICE OF LAW. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Registration of Tanenbaum Keale LLP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/18/17. Office location: NY County. LLP registered in ¬¬¬New Jersey (NJ) on 1/6/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal office of LLP: c/o National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of NARIHIRA CONSULTANTS, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/24/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/3/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: NRP Holding Corp., 110 W. 40th St., Room 2103, NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

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Notice of formation of New Arbor, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2016. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of Rag & Bone Management Aggregator L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/2017. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 425 W. 13th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10014. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 1/26/2092. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Formation of Phillips Art Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Michael S. Arlein, Esq., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any purposes permitted by applicable law. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of formation of 53RD STREET EVENTS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/2016. Office location, County of Kings. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 170 53rd St., Ste. 304, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Purpose: any lawful act. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of SARATOGA PROXY CONSULTING LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/08/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: John Ferguson, Managing Member, 520 8th Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/10-3/17]

Notice of Qualification of SELSER LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/09/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Herrick, Feinstein LLP, Attn: B. Karaahmet, Esq., 2 Park Ave., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/103/17]

Notice of Formation of RELATED-ROCKFORD FAUST AHP LENDER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/25/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Formation of RELATED-ROCKFORD FAUST S LENDER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/25/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of Application for Authority of Chamisa Software LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/2016. LLC organized in New Mexico on 01/23/2012. NY office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Incorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12210. No office is required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of this formation. The address of the principal office of the foreign LLC is: 101 W 90th St. Apt 8H, New York, NY 10024. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. of State of NM, Brad Winter, 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [2/3-3/10]

Notice of formation of CMD Investors LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 20, 2017. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to CMD Investors LLC, 11 Park Place, Suite 1705, New York, New York 10007. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [2/3-3/10]

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SG Mortgage Securities, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FRE2, Plaintiff AGAINST Tetiana Berriors a/k/a Tatyana Onischenko, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2/29/2016 and entered on 3/17/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 16, 2017 at 02:30 PM premises known as 1810 Avenue Y Brooklyn, NY 11235. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 7439, LOT: 5. Approximate amount of judgment is $842,354.54 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 28287/2008. Sean R. Smith, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

Notice of Qualification of Solus Senior High Income GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/19/16. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 410 Park Ave., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 12/15/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/27-3/3]

Notice of Formation of Teraviatwo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/1/16. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Olivier Brandicourt, 170 E. 77th St., 4B, NY, NY 10075, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of Teraviathree LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/1/16. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Olivier Brandicourt, 170 E. 77th St., 4B, NY, NY 10075, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [1/20-2/24]

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Notice of Formation of POLER LEGAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Emily A Poler, 20 Plaza Street #C6, Brooklyn, NY 12238. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of ANSONIA PARTNERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/02/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Susan Elkind Orchant, 2109 Broadway, Apt. 9-18, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of CRP Rivington Street Redevelopment, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Castellan Real Estate Partners, 1841 Broadway, Ste. 400, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/20-2/24]

Notice of Formation of MAXMO 33 EAST CLINTON AVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/04/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC, 600 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Qualification of GROKASH REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/04/16. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Eleanor Zweibel, Manager, 236 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Creations Network Inc., 3411 Silverside Rd., Rodney Bldg., #104, Wilmington, DE 19810. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., Loockerman & Federal Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of FUND CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/23/16. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 295 Ave O, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of HELLER FUNDRAISING GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/16, becoming effective on 01/01/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

Notice of Formation of HUBERT HUBERT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/09/16. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 1280 Fifth Ave. Apt. 17B, NY, NY 10029. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Lei Meng at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/13-2/17]

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Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 414 GREAT PLAINS LLC. Appl. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/29/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/17/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Seward & Kissel LLP, Attn: Scott M. Sambur, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of Charach Walk Holdings

Notice of Formation of PATRICIA LANE EQUITIES

LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

(SSNY) on 12/1/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

(SSNY) on 12/01/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 155 West 11th Street Owner LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal business location of LLC: Rockefeller & Co., Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10020, Attn: General Counsel. DE address of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any purposes permitted by applicable law. [12/231/27]

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/16.

Princ. oďŹƒce of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY

(SSNY) on 1/11/17. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

10003-4398. SSNY designated as agent of LLC

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/28/16.

process against it may be served. SSNY shall

upon whom process against it may be served.

mail process to the principal business location

SSNY shall mail process to Robert Kantor, Esq.

of LLC: Rockefeller & Co., Inc., 10 Rockefeller

at the princ. oďŹƒce of the LLC. Purpose: Any

Plaza, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10020, Attn: General

lawful activity. [12/9-1/13]

Counsel. DE address of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any purposes

process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 20 W. 36th St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: c/o United

of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)

Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road,

on 08/15/16. OďŹƒce location: Kings County.

Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall

DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE

mail process to: USFELIX, LLC, 1538 41st Street,

19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/18/2016. OďŹƒce in

[1/6-2/10]

Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom

Notice of Formation of LUNG TIN INTELLECTUAL

process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 20 Meadow St., Brooklyn, NY 11206, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [12/16-1/20]

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of Technology Humans and Taste LLC. App. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of

PROPERTY AGENT (USA) LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/12/17.

State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/17. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on

OďŹƒce location: NY County. SSNY designated as

1/5/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon

agent of LLC upon whom process against it may

Notice of Formation of CA Bedford Holdings II

whom process against it may be served. SSNY

LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY

shall mail process to: 108 Wooster St., C2,

be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Park Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any

(SSNY) on 5/3/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County.

NY, NY 10012. DE address of LLC: c/o United

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste.

process against it may be served. SSNY shall

C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with DE

mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1412 Broadway, 3rd

Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE

Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

[12/16-1/20]

lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

215 ST. JAMES PLACE LLC Articles of Org. ďŹ led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/24/2016. OďŹƒce in NY

Notice of Formation of THE BOULEVARD, PIZZA Notice of Formation of CA PTMA LLC. Arts.

BAR LLC. Arts. of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State

Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process

of Org. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)

of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/16. OďŹƒce location: NY

may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process

on 9/19/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. SSNY

County. Princ. oďŹƒce of LLC: 120 Riverside Blvd.,

designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

NY, NY 10069. SSNY designated as agent of LLC

to c/o Daniel A. Greenbaum, 101 W. 12th St.,

against it may be served. SSNY shall mail

upon whom process against it may be served.

PH-H, NY, NY 10014, which is also the principal

process to: c/o The LLC, 1412 Broadway, 3rd

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service

Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

[12/16-1/20]

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/27-3/3]

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

permitted by applicable law. [12/23-1/27] Notice of QualiďŹ cation of 121 SPRING RETAIL OWNER, LLC. Appl. for Auth. ďŹ led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/16. OďŹƒce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o 60 Guilders, LLC, 370 7th Ave., Ste. 1400, NY, NY 10001. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. ďŹ led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of QualiďŹ cation of C2R VENTURES LLC.

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business loc. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [1/27-3/3]

FEBRUARY 17, 2017 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Kings, Ventures Trust 2013-I-H-R by MCM Capital Partners LLC, Its Trustee, PLAINTIFF, V. Ahasan Ullah, Mariyum Ullah Nawaz, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 26, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Courthouse, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on March 09, 2017 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1260 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 1365 and Lot 30. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,068,574.58 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 013416/08. Frank L. Perrone, Jr., Esq., Referee Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Attn: Jackie Halpern Weinstein, Esq., 120 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10271, Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Formation of CPG Fox LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/4/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 28 E. 28th St., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activities. [12/23-1/27]

Notice of Formation of Park Avenue Prosthodontic Associates, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/4/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Chad Hanna, DDS, 420 E. 61st St., Apt. 5E, NY, NY 10065. Purpose: practice the profession of dentistry. [11/25-12/30]

Notice of Qualification of Compound Management II, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/13/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David Hirsch, 156 5th Avenue, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10010. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 850 New Burton Road, Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with De Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Formation of ATLANTIA ADVISERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/16. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C T Corporation System, 111 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Qualification of Compound Management III, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/21/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David Hirsch, 156 5th Avenue, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10010. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 850 New Burton Road, Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with De Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [1/6-2/10]

Notice of Formation of CENTER FOR CREATIVE JUDAISM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/06/2016. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 610 E. 7th Street, 1B, Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: any lawful act. [11/25-12/30]

PAGE 47 Notice of Qualification of CAVU Venture Partners GP OY, LP. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/12/16. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/14/16. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, c/o CAVU Venture Partners, LLC, 515 W. 20th St., Ste. 4W, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of Morgan Green LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Davis & Gilbert LLP, 1740 Broadway, 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Qual. of Dragon Auto Management LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/6/16. Off. loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 10/5/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Seward & Kissel, Att: Noelle Indelicato, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of POLAR STORK, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/16. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 195 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Formation of MSZ Park Ave, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1009 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful activity. [12/302/3]

Notice of Formation of Covaband LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/18/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1501 Lexington Ave., #2A, NY, NY 10029. Purpose: any lawful activities. [12/30-

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF MART LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-NPL1, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael Singh AKA Michael J. Singh, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 17, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on February 09, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises known as 83 COOPER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 3433, LOT 51. Approximate amount of judgment $514,368.24 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 5137/2013. Robert A. Abrams Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

WELLNESS BY DESIGN ACUPUNCTURE PLLC filed Articles of Organization with the Dept of State of NY on 12/16/2016. Office Located in NY County. The Secretary of State of NY ("SSNY") has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: Law Office of Robert Witherwax, 15 Maiden Ln., #600, NY NY 10038. Purpose: Acupuncture. [2/3-3/10]

KOSTINA LAW GROUP PLLC filed Articles of Organization with the Dept of State of NY on 11/08/2016. Office Located in Kings County. The Secretary of State of NY ("SSNY") has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: 3111 Ocean Parkway, suite 2G, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Purpose: legal/attorney services. [2/3-3/10]

NAPPSTAR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/16. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to: NYCPS, 1357 Broadway #332, New York, NY 10018. Principal business address: 122 W. 20th St., Ste. 1W, NY, NY 10011. General purposes. [12/2-1/6]

Notice of Qual. of Dragon Auto LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/18/16. Off. loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 8/12/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Seward & Kissel, Att: Noelle Indelicato, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [12/30-2/3]

Notice of Qualification of SRV LabelCo, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404. LLC formed in DE on 1/20/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [2/17-3/24]

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DLJ Capital, LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ SSNY 1/26/17. Off. in New York Co. Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSDE 11/7/69. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10010. Add. req. to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Name & add. of the auth. officer in DE where copy of Arts. of Org. filed: DE Sec. of State, Div. of Corp., John G. Townsend Bld, 401 Federal St, Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Formation of GoldSilver, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/23/16. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 1325 Ave. of the Americas, Suite 0703-2, NY, NY 10019, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [2/17-3/24]

23 NEWKIRK PLAZA LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/27/17. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2070. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o David Spindler, Esq., 1431 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [2/17-3/24]

Notice of Qualification of IGI E86 LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/2/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/12/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents Inc, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [2/17-3/24]

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SOCIAL MEDIA P/T OR F/T. For Jewish Voice. Please Call 718-998-7600 LM0317 TAX PREPARER. Small Accounting firm needs Tax Preparer, PT, flexible hours for tax season. 845-297-0031 LM0303 Customer Service position. Full time, Mill Basin area. Some experience necessary. Call 888-704-3435 CB0224 Mashgiach/ Deli Counterperson w/experience, for take-out in Edison, NJ. Please call 917832-0753 CB0120 HELP NEEDED. OFFICE WORK. Rockland office, looking for sharp, ambitious person handling multi-task work. Must have prior experience in Finance, Credit, Fcra, Fdcpa +. Email: sam.housewarepro@ gmail.com Fax: 845-790-6420 LM0127

SECTY, F/T ONLY. Customer service, data entry. Knowl of QuickBooks pref, able to multi task. 718-369-0200 x205. sales@paylessofficeonline. com CB0120 SEPHARDIC CENTER FRONT DESK/ RECEPTION. Answering phones, taking payments, good customer service skills, knowledge of computers a must, p/t. Contact jaimie@ scclive.org LM0113 Exper’d Salesperson P/T or F/T for hi-end ladies boutique in Midtown Manhattan. Call 516-359-8766 CB1230 PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed & good with organization. We are ready to pay $310 per week. Interested person should contact mikemayer2006@ gmail.com LM1216 Online sales; job involves promoting our company’s product online. Must have strong social skills & the ability to engage w/people in an interactive manner. This position requires creative sales techniques & the essential skills to easily relate to customers, in order to build a solid customer base. Good potential & pay. Email 4616954@gmail.com CB1211 DRUMMER LOOKING FOR LEAD GUITARIST, RHYTHM GUITARIST, BASS GUITARIST & KEYBOARDIST to do original material & covers. Dependability is a must. No time wasters! Call John 929-365-1376 LM0317 ELECTRICIANS NEEDED. Electricians Licensed and experienced apprentices for immediate hire for NY & CT at well-established company. Salary commensurate with experience. We offer health insurance, 401K, 40-hour work week, overtime, rate jobs at times. Call to hear what we have to offer, 203-790-6425 or Fax 203-798-8670 LM1209

MAIL CLERK. Sorting mail, Brentwood warehouse. Standing, lifting. Day/ night shifts, FT only, $9/hr. Apply Mon-Fri, 10AM-2PM with 2 forms ID @ 41 Mercedes Way, Unit 1, Edgewood, NY 11717 (631)242-8198/ 8278 LM1007 ELECTRICIAN NEEDED 3 plus yrs exp Must have own tools And able to work alone 718-522-3893 HS0506 RENTAL AGENTS WANTED FT-PT Work From Home Earn Good Income Will Train Call Ben 347-866-5619 718-266-9700 HS0429 COMPANIONS & CERTIFIED NURSING AIDES NEEDED for non-medical senior home care. Flexible hours. Now hiring for Suffolk & Nassau County. Driver’s license & car required. If you enjoy working with the elderly & would like to work for a company that truly values their employees, call 516-629-5650. LM0217 BOOKKEEPER P/T For Jewish Voice Please Call 718-998-7600 LM0318 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED. Mar-Can Transportation. Mount Vernon, NY. MUST be 21 years old. Valid CDL w/B, P & S Endorsements. Classes Paid by Company. Union Wages. Medical & Dental Benefits. New Hire Bonus $$. Please Call: Monday- Saturday. 914-668-3772 LM0122 CHAUFFEURS. Katonah based company seeking FT/ PT Drivers. Must have WCTLC license. Retirees welcome. Please Call 914-479-2292 between 10AM-2PM LM0101 MANAGER FOR LEGAL NOTICE DEPARTMENT WANTED! To work at The Jewish Voice newspaper. Brooklyn location. Call Stuart Katz 718-998-7600 Ext. 19

SALESPEOPLE WANTED. To work at The Jewish Voice newspaper. Brooklyn location. Call Stuart Katz 718-998-7600 Ext. 19 AREA CLAIMS WRITER AND PROPERTY INSPECTORS. Interviewing now. Excellent income, pt/ ft flexible hours. Training provided. 732-801-1532 acwinspector@gmail.com READY TO MAKE SOME GREEN? Licensed Real Estate Salesperson wanted. Emerald Estates Realty Group 516-743-9600 KK1120

HEALTH / SOCIAL SERVICES

9930

Helpful, Responsible, Dependable, Mature College Grad will help with errands and taking to appts. Also, can babysit & tutor. MondayFriday, own car. Experienced. References. I am in the Port Washington area. 917-608-9837 LM0324

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A LOVING CAREGIVER? Excellent experience & references. Can live in or live out. Please Call 917-971-9205 LM0210 LOOKING FOR NURSE’S AIDE JOB. 20 Years Experience. Excellent References. Willing to do light housekeeping & cooking. Call 917-623-7962

MED’S ON US Does your loved one need Assistance taking his medication? We will successfully put him back on schedule BEZ”H Fully confidential Call: 917-225-4578 CB0210

ELDERCARE AVAILABLE. Energized, motivated women take care of Elderly including Alzheimer Patients. 15 years experience. Call Pearl 914-6193303/ 914-909-0224 LM0120 EXCELLENT IRISH HOME HEALTH AIDE AVAILABLE. To take care of you in your own home. Nights or weekends only. Honest, responsible, compassionate & kind. Excellent references. Reasonable rates. Please Call Mary 347-754-1127 LM1230 I’m Looking for Housecleaning & CNA Position. 23 years experience. I have car. Excellent References. Call 516-519-0456 or 516-766-3943 LM1230

Experienced Shomer Shabbos woman available to care for elderly woman at night or 24 hours. Can also babysit. Refs avail. Call: 646-266-1421 CB1125 WE PROVIDE BASIC CARE FOR ELDERLY. Flexible Hours. 3 Meals Served Daily. NJ Location. Near G.W. Bridge (Ft. Lee.) Overnight Service is Available. Cozy and Comfortable. We’ll Make Your Life Easier. Jenny 917-251-6790 LM1223

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DO YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE WITH NO ONE TO CARE FOR? Mature Lady, 34 year old seeking Caregiving job. Private party, honest, trustworthy, loving and caring. Danbury area preferred, willing to travel. Experienced; CPR, first aid completed physician test, text ID. Call Agnes 443-477-9902 LM0217

DRIVER. Wheel-chair van. Must have CDL-C, paid training. Plenty overtime/ PTO. $12/ hr. Health befits. 914-266-0219

EXPERIENCED WOMAN Is Looking for a Job Taking Care of the Elderly. 30 Years Experience. Excellent References. Call 917-854-3153

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CAREGIVER/ ELDERLY AVAILABLE. Responsible, reliable, 17 years experience. Take care of client, household, and errands. Excellent checkable references. Looking for live-in job. Own car. Clean driver’s license. Call Manana 917-407-7525 LM0127 Prior busn ownr seeking employment. Resume available upon request call 845-558-8105 - Thank you CB1211 I’M LOOKING FOR ELDERCARE JOB. I have 30 years experience & excellent references. Live-in or live-out. Full time. Call 347-485-9133 LM1118

CONTEMPORARY FAMILY CARE :Provides Screened NANNIES* Kosher Housekeepers* Travel Companions* Day & Weekend Relief Staff* Sleep –in or out* HS0429

718-949-9233

SALES COUNSELORS. Our beautiful cemetery in Putnam Valley, NY seeks highly motivated individual to help take us to the next level. Paid training. Proven Selling Process, Medical, Dental, 401K, Paid Vacations and other LARGE company benefits are yours in a SMALL company atmosphere. Call 845-5283516 or Email: mangelucci@ rosehillsmemorialpark.com LM1021

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JOBS, SERVICES & FOR SALE PAINTING

INTERIOR- EXTERIOR, PLASTERING & TAPING, WALLPAPERING, WALLPAPER REMOVAL, SHEET ROCKING, DEMOLITION, TILE- FLOOR & WALL LEAVES CLEANED, INSTALL DOOR LOCKS, SMALL CEMENT JOBS, REPAIR WINDOWS, FIXES WINDOW SCREENS, KITCHEN & BATHROOM PLUMBER REMOVE CARPETING, FIXING FLAT ROOFS. PROFESSIONAL QUALITY. FREE ESTIMATES. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

CALL YURY 347-536-2183

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JB CARPENTRY, ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, PAINTING, FLOORING, DECKS & KITCHEN/BATHROOM REMODELING. RESPONSIBLE & REASONABLE. ALL JOBS WELCOME! JOE: 347-215-1960

Famous Hagstrom Street Atlas 5 Boro – Shows All Streets

MAPS FINAL $24.95 EDITION 800-327-7992 CATERING/ CHEF SERVICE

PRIVATE CHEF AVAILABLE. CHARMING, EASY TO WORK WITH EUROPEAN TRAINED CHEF, BASED IN NYC IS AVAILABLE FOR INTIMATE DINNER PARTIES AND LARGE EVENTS IN YOUR HOME OR VENUE IN THE HAMPTONS. WWW.CHEFSEBNY.COM 908-723-9570 LM0805

SENIOR CARE. WORRIED ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES? I will care for your loved ones like my own. 15 years experience. Reliable, responsible. Live-in Monday- Friday. Excellent References available. Call Jean 917-991-5041 LM1111 NURSING ASSISTANT With Excellent References from Hospital, Nursing Home & Private. Live In or Live Out. Day or Night. 12 hours, 5 days a week. I have Clean Driver’s License. 516-466-3923 LM1216

WRITING SERVICES

TUTORING

9970

**ALL Subjects 1-on-1 Tutor** Grades K-12, Specialize in Math & Essay writing. Intensive Prep for Specialized Science High School Entrance Exam, SAT, & HS Regents Exam available. Email: ALL.As.Tutor.NYC@ gmail.com

LESSONS

9980

PIANO/VOICE LESSONS – Your Home/My Home Local Well Known Teacher. Call Today *** 954-485-0065 *** MK

PETS

9043

BICHON, $895. Shih Tzu, $925. Yorkshire Terrier, $950. (Chocolate) Lab, $950. Cairn Terrier, $800. Westie, $875. Min. Schnauzer, $975. Min. Boxie, $950. 609-685-0208 LM0210

NUTRITIONIST

9965

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Budman LCSW Winter Special, 3 one hour sessions for $127. Call 516-967-0675 Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Budman, LCSW WINTER SPECIAL, 3 one hour sessions for $127. Call 516-967-0675 CB0203

HANDYMAN

ANNIHILATOR EXTERMINATION INC. GOT BUGS/ "Place Your Trust With Us, We'll Treat You Like Family!" Professional Pest Management Services For a Healthy, Safer and Pest Free Environment. Fully Licensed & Insured. Commercial & Residential. License: NYS DEC 13915 NJ Business Lic. 99201A. 43 Allen Place, Staten Island, NY 10312. Scott FoxOwner/ Operator 718-227-5001 Email: scott@yougotbugscom Website: www.yougotbugs.com

PERSONALS

Are you looking for a professional writer? Business or personal? Website content, newsletters, songs, poems, scripts etc. Impact writing. Call: Sara Gross 443-564-1590 CB1230

9960

REAL ESTATE

9025

SEEKING A 65-75 YEAR OLD JEWISH GENTLEMAN FOR A 69 YEAR OLD JEWISH LADY. Please Call Me At 646-3225535. Thank You! LM0317 Kohen – 52, state Employee, kind and compassionate, Attends shul daily seeks easygoing, friendly, and considerate lady (NonDivorcee) for marriage. Call718-219-5212 or email joseph13k@msn.com CB0303

FOR SALE

9040

30 Ladders, 6 compressors, 100 tools, vending brakes, alum. ramps, 8 lug tires & rims, comm. roll-ups, trains, toys, cameras, ammo & acc., plastic chippers +. Anytime. 732-267-8889 LM0317 ANTIQUE SLOT MACHINES. 1930 Mils, 5 cent & 10 cent, $1,650 each. 1920 NCR brass cash register, excellent, $1,550. 1950 Coke 3 button sign, $550. Penny Fortune Teller Scale, $500 & more. Call 516-2443563 LM0303 FURNITURE- Loveseat Couch, very good condition, $225. Couch, very good condition, $175. Maytag Clothes Washer, 2 years old, very good condition, $200. Negotiable on all! Cash only! 609-971-3529 LM0210

LENOX 26 piece Blue Tree set, $1,200 & 23 piece Lenox Blue Tree set, $1,100 or $2,000 for both. Call Cathy 516-660-9520 LM0217

NEED WORK DONE AROUND THE HOUSE? Don’t have the time? Tired of having a “to-do list?” Handyman, all phases of work. 516-313-5158 LM0313

HOME IMPROVEMENT

9950

Painting (Interior & Exterior), Trim, Tile, Baths, Bsmt., Kitchens, Doors, Windows, Floors, Masonry, Carpentry, Fence, Roofing, Siding. Senior Discount 10% Off. Lic. # 13VHO2433500. CALL NOW: YURY- YP HOME IMPROVEMENT 732-207-4006 LM0324

Home Renovations. Basements, Finish bathrooms, and apartments, scraping, etc. 18 years experience. No job too big or too small. Best prices 347-585-9217 CB0303 Reuven’s Repairs. Small electric and plumbing, $125. House call plus parts. Servicing Brooklyn. 347-585-3544 CB0217

ENTERTAINMENT

9044

We buy and Sell Gold, Silver, Sterling Pieces, Bullion and Collectible Coins. We even buy old and broken pieces. Highest CA$H Prices Paid. Call 646379-3566. Eli@USCoinSpot. com *Meetings By Appointment Only CB0224

AUTOMOTIVE

9050

HONDA CIVIC LX 1999, 172,000 miles, new battery, new timing belt, new water pump, oil change, new distributor, new rear shock absorbers, front struts, new muffler, new exhaust system. $5,500. Call 845-269-7958 LM0317 2004 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT GLX. Platinum Silver, Gray Leather Interior. 71,000 Miles. Excellent Condition. $4,000. Call Mon- Sat, 10AM-4PM 845226-6149 LM0303

OPEN HOUSES BROOKLYN

1638

GRAVESEND OPEN HOUSE. One family detached brick in Gravesend area. 36 x 50 on 5694 sq ft lot. Full finished basement, detached 2 car garage, 3BR, 2 full baths, EIK, living rm, dining rm, basement, 2 large rms, kitchen, ½ bath. Owner Motivated! Call Agent Gina- Remax 917-584-4539 HS0712

OPEN HOUSE. EVERY SUN 1-4PM. 2910 Nostrand Ave (Kings Hwy & Ave P.) Drastic price reduction! Price includes roof terrace and parking. New 2 and 3 Bedrm Condos, 1,3751,451 SF, 2 baths, 2 kitchen sinks, elevator. Tax abatement. Final C of O. Wilk R.E. 718-3760606 HS0626

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR RENT BROOKLYN

1050

37th Street Between 1415 Avenue, 350 SF office, large windows, high ceiling, including furniture, internet & utilities Call 347-721-5244 CB0120 Avenue L/Nostrand Ave. 3 rm office, $1750, all included. Please call 718-513-6911 x101 CB0224

10 Beautiful Newly Decorated Classrooms. Air Conditioned. Immediate Rental. Central Bklyn Location. Serious Inquiries only. Available Immediately. Call: 718-837-3916 Leave Msg CB0113 Office Space For Lease Flatbush 3,400 Sq Ft 1 Flight up, 7300 Sq Ft Lower Level, 10 Ft Will Divide, Build To Suit Call: Moshe 718-614-4646 CB1230 Boro Park/ 17th Ave, Dahill RdBeaut, newly renov office, pvt entr, bsmt 400 sq ft, sunlight, bth, c/a, room for 7/8 desks, pre-wired. Call: 347-871-1661 CB1118

OFFICE FOR RENT. AVE U & E 4th ST. Second floor. Great location. Call David at 718-9987600 Ext 10 LM0729 WAREHOUSE FOR RENT CONEY ISLAND near NEPTUNE AVE 11,000 sq ft, No Columns, M1 Zone $12,000 / month Call Mr. Harry @ ALPINE REALTY 718-238-1788 HS0724

MANHATTAN

2050

34th St #252 W Betw/7th &8th ave.STORE 1800 SF + MEZZ 1500 SF New Storefront, BrokersWelcome Falcon Properties.com, 212-302-3000 HS0808

QUEENS

3050

RICHMOND HILL OFFICE FOR RENT. Corner space. Near courthouse, JFK Airport & hospital. Suit to fit. $1,600 per month includes all except for electric. Leave message 9AM5PM at 917-446-1658 LM0819 WAREHOUSE MASPETH, QUEENS 5,000 sq ft, NEW BUILDING, 2nd floor w/ Elevator & PATIO. 8,500 sq ft, ground floor, 30 ft ceilings. OWNER 347-739-1976 or grandproperty1@aol.com LM0317

HOWARD BEACH Medical Office for rent, established location across from shopping center, waiting room, reception area, 4 exam rooms+x-ray room. Handicap bathroom, 1st floor handicap accessible w/electric lift, 1800 sq. ft. parking easily available, 347- 322- 3614. HS0729 L I C- 460sf or 370 sq offices ,well managed building wf private, private bathrooms,views,of Manhatten.3-8 Minute walk to LIRR, 7 train,restaurants & shops Easy access 5to Midtown Tunnel , LIE & BQE Call 718-7848100 HS0701

BRONX

4050

3060 EAST TREMONT AVE: STORE FOR RENT. Top retail location, high pedestrian traffic, 3000sf, can be divided. For details: Rafi- 718-364-1400 or 347-495-0614

STATEN ISLAND

5050

DONGAN HILLS. Perfect for Psychologist, Accountant, Attorney, Financial Planner. Cozy 2 rooms with waiting area. $600 + utilities. Call Owner at 718-979-7458 LM0812 STATEN ISLAND STOREFRONT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON BRADLEY AVE. High traffic area. Near school & temple. Please Call Dawn at 718-370-9700 LM0324

LONG ISLAND

6050

NEWLY FURNISHED & AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE For Psychotherapist & Related Professionals in Great Rockville Centre Location. Shared Waiting Room. Free Street Parking. Call 516-316-0096 LM0224 SOUTHAMPTON. Restaurant , wine bar, catering, wine tasting, patio dining, valet parking, chef’s garden. Over an acre. Jitney stop at property. Branding, hospitality, events, long term or pop-up. 702-378-6338 LM0106 FRANKLIN SQUARE OFFICE FOR RENT. Join Prof bldg w/ dentists & med doctors, good location, lots of parking. 1,000 sq ft avail. $22-$24/ per sq ft. 516-485-9740 LM1216

Well-Established Allstate Agency For Sale. Marine Park area. Agent wants to retire. Must be able to obtain your own financing & currently be .in the insurance business Call 917-301-2477

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REAL ESTATE OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT LEVITTOWN A-1 Prof. Bldg. 1-2-3 Rm. Suites. From $399/ Mo.Free Utilites. 516-735-6681 LM0911

LONG ISLAND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR SALE 6060 SMITHTOWN, L.I. Excellent 3-story office building. 18k SF gross plus prkg. 85% occupied. Near LIRR, Rte 25, Proj 6%+ cap rate. $2.7M. Ron @ BESEN (646)424-5317 LM0324

NEW YORK STATE 7050 SUFFERN/ BARDONIA- PRIME OFFICE SPACE AVAIL. FOR RENT. One on Lafayette Ave next to Hospital in Suffern (good for doctors.) Another on 304 in Bardonia. 845-425-8880 LM0317 KENT Office/ Retail Space on Route 52 corridor. Move your business from your basement or use our space for your pop-up or incubator business. Spaces range from 750 sq ft to 2,000 sq ft. Rent ranges from $950 to $2,200. Short and long term leases available. 845-878-7833 LM0106

OFFICE SPACE OR HAIR SALON FULLY EQUIPPED FOR RENT, Rt. 6, Mohegan Lake, NY. For Information, Call 914282-6602 LM0708

OSSINING/ BRIARCLIFF. Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist looking for Office Share for a professional in health related field. Asking rent $825/ month including utilities. Oromyologist.com 914-302-6983 LM1125 OSSINING. OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE BY OWNER: In the heart of Ossining, Spring & Main St. Walk to RR. 45/ min to NYC. Ideal professional space, suitable for professional and varied businesses. Spacious 3,200 sq ft room, can be divided into two offices, 1,600 sq ft/ each. One 400 sq ft office. Suite w/ conference room, kitchenette & 5 offices. Elevator access for ADA accessibility. Storage space available. TWO Municipal parking lots available w/ 3 free hours. Please Call Angelo 914-3375903 (O) or 914-282-9973 (C) LM1021

KATONAH- Office Suite for Rent. Charming Victorian House converted into professional office space. Furnished, sublet (400 sq ft) located on 2nd flr of bldg. Perfect for counselor or therapist. 2 min walk to train station. Call 914-232-4000 LM1202

PEEKSKILL COMMERCIAL PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. Located at 1814 Crompond Rd, Route 202. For more information, Call 914-469-9178 LM0902

ELMSFORD. 4,000 Sq Ft. High Bay Warehouse with office. 14 Ft overhead door. Drive in, no automotive. Call 914-5927229 LM0708

SWIMMING POOLS

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WHITE PLAINS AREASTORAGE & PARKING RENTAL.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Clean & convenient enclosed storage shed & outdoor truck parking. Perfect for

BROOKLYN

contractors or landscapers. Call 914-923-3429 LM0701

BRONX COMMERCIAL FOR 4060 SALE 13% Return on Investment Shopping Center, 27% Return on Equity with Depreciation. Built ’97 . 40,361 Sq .Ft. 12,000 Cars/Day. Low $ Down. Seller Financing. Bronx: Development 44 Apartments, Approved Plans: Mixed Use Elevator Little Italy 12% Return On Investment: Vacant Lot: Queens: 9 + MultiFamily 14% Projected Return on Investment 800-242-9888 AL@ LichtensteinRE.com CB0120

OUT OF STATE

8050

Desirable warehouse space OSSINING. Commercial garage space, 2200 sq ft. Zoned for auto repair & body work. Also, commercial outside storage. Frame equipment for sale. Rental or sale available. 914-941-3239 or 914-804-3461 LM1216

Building For Sale 15,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. office 2 loading docks Linden, NJ Heimishe Area 30 min from Boro Park Call: 347-882-8037

near NJ Turnpike entrance & all major highways, close to all, 1st fl, multiple loading options, high ceilings, drive in doors, lots of vehicle parking, from 2,000 sf to 100,000 sf. Also refrigerator and freezer space avail. Call owner: 646-457-0517 CB0120 MIDDLETOWN/ RED BANK. Professional Office Suite in Bank Bldg at 75 Hwy 35 North, 1st floor, 650 sq ft. 732-741-3313 LM1223

For Sale – Brooklyn Industrial Warehouse & Dev Site (M1-4) 30,000 Built SF + 150’ Wide Dev Site Call Marcus Jecklin Epic Commercial Realty (646) 278-4674

MANHATTAN

2060

WELL ESTABLISHED AMERICAN DINER LOCATED IN THE MIDTOWN EAST AREA. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. REASONABLE PRICE. RENT LISTED UNDER MARKET VALUE. FOR FURTHER INFO. CONTACT NICK(646) 209-2671. RW

QUEENS

3060

2 WAREHOUSES FOR SALE IN LONG ISLAND CITY. Unique Opportunity for a Visionary Investor, or Best Use! LONG ISLAND CITY WITH WALKING DISTANCE TO 9 TRAIN LINES. R, N, Q,W, E, F, 7, M, AND G TRAINS. Less than a Mile to RFK, Tri-Borough, Pulaski Bridges and Midtown Tunnel. SUPER CENTRAL LOCATION! Please CALL 347-539-0052

NEW YORK STATE 7060

Space. 2 Suites available. Great high visibility location. Perfect for attorney or the like. $1,250/ month. 732-2455119 LM1125 OAKHURST, NJ. Office space for rent. 1 block off Rt. 35. $295. Large office, $475. Both include utilities + wait area. 732-859-2296 LM1230

COMMERCIAL / PROPERTIES FOR SALE BROOKLYN

1060

SUNSET PARK 50’s. M-1-2 zone warehouse- 4,200 sq ft, with modern house- 3,000 sq ft. Delivered vacant. $13,000 combined. Ask for HarryAlpine Realty 718-238-1788 LM0210

Avenue M/ East 2nd Street. Approximately 1500 square feet basement, private entrance, 9 foot ceiling. Call 845-274-5886 CB0127

PAWLING, NY. Four Lots for sale in Cushman Farms. Lots have ample acreage & are set up to start building your dream house. Views are breathtaking. Great place for your family or retirement. Call 914-949-2000 Ext. 428 LM0923

OUT OF STATE

AVE Y near Ocean Pkwy. 2 BR apt, new kit/applncs, terrace, 2nd flr. Move in cond. 718-9743884, 347-574-1814 CB0127 OCEAN PKWY/L & M. First Floor 1 BR apt. Mod Kit & bth. Private house. All utilities included. $1,500. Call 917-559-5447 CB0113 Midwood For rent studio (also can be used for office) 2,3,4 Bedrooms Apts Call 718.376.4444

MANHATTAN

8060

TOMS RIVER/ OCEAN CTY, NJ. For Sale, user/ investor opportunity, 9,000 sq ft Commercial building on 1.74 acres with 2,700 sq ft leased to national tenant. Multipurpose building, drive-in doors, great for all type contractors. Traffic counts over 44,000 cars per day. REMCO REALTY 732-253-0888 x 11 LM0916

2010

UPPER WEST SIDE – West End & 99 St.Seeking, roommate, spacious, 7RM, Apt.BR, Shower, shared kitchen, DR,$2,000/mo E; adyassky@ aol.com / 212-864-5288 HS0506

BRONX

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE QUEENS, GLENDALE, NY 25 SQ FT REFURNISHED. BIG STORE FRONT WINDS & LARGE OFFICE WITH 3 PARKING SPACES. GOOD FOR MEDICAL OFFICE OR RETAIL BUSINESS CONTACT : SAL @ (917) 921-5239 RW0423

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT. BRICK, NJ. 775 sq ft. Office

AVE X BETWEEN EAST 7 ST & CONEY ISLAND AVE. 1 bedroom walk-in apt, move-in condition. $1,400 per month. No pets, no smoking. Call Owner 646-752- 6641 LM0224

4010

Bronx Tremont. 1820 Clinton Ave & 175th ST. Beautiful 1 Bedroom In A 3 Family House No Pets. $1000. See Landlord SAT ONLY. Call Owner 718-299-8347AE0115

LONG ISLAND

6010

EAST NORTHPORT- 1 Bedroom Apartment. Newly Painted, Private Entrance. Offstreet Parking. No Smoking. No Pets. $800/ month. 2 months’ security; background check. 516-662-2187 LM0303 LINDENHURST: Gorgeous, All New! 1BR, Eat-in kitchen, full bath, closets, no smoking, no pets, references a must! 1 month rent/ security. $1,650/ all, includes flat screen/ fios/ wifi. 516-661-7539 LM0127 FARMINGDALE. New, Very Large Apt, 1453 sq ft, 3 big bedrooms, walk-in closet, central a/c, central heat. Near LIRR. Private entrance. Immediate! $2,350 + utilities. 1 month security. No pets, no smoking. References checked. 631-252-0720 LM0113

JERSEY CITY. Builder’s Dream! Exclusive, residential lot is located on a quiet street East of Garfield Ave. Asking $225,000. Hurry! Won’t last! Call Grisell Romero at Exit Preferred Realty 201-6533948 LM0902

DEER PARK. Small 1BR, small kitchen, driveway parking. No smoking, no pets. 2 month’s security. $850 + utilities. Available now. Owner 516-848-5631 LM1202

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. Wilkes Barre, PA. 4 family income, $2200 a month, 4 garages, $150,000. Deli and 2 Apts, $120,000. We will hold mortgage. 570-825-8631 KK0911

SOUTH HEMPSTEAD. Rockville Centre schools, 3BR, 2 baths, EIK, DR, LR, deck, in-ground pool 16x32. Near Molloy College. Gorgeous Apt. $2,700. 516-385-2165 LM0923

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REAL ESTATE EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE. Secluded getaway, circular driveway, Cathedral ceilings, wooded floors, pool, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, stainless kitchen, w/d, plush gardens/ landscape acreage. End of season special. $22,900. 8/10- 9/14. Fran 212-4729821/ 631-324-5143 or Barbara 917-287-2072 LM0814

7010 HUDSON, NY WEEKEND HOUSE RENTAL. Want a different kind of Weekend Home? Always wanted to Live on a Farm? Love Animals, Horses, Dogs, Cats, Goats, etc? Bring Your Own! 12 Horses, 12 to ride. Miles of Trails+ Indoor Arena. Want to look out the windows to see your Horse in a Pasture next to Organic Gardens? 518-9296092 LM1028 NEW ROCHELLE/ WESTCHESTER. 1BR apts available. Extra-large rooms, eat-in kitchen. Near shops/ beach. No pets. $1625/ $1550/ $1490. 914-478-2442 LM0715

8010

WEST NEW YORK, NJ. 3BR, LR, DR & garage. ½ block from Blvd East. $2,300. Call Mariana at Coccia Realty 201893-6257 or 201-867-2100

L.I. APT. RENTAL WANTED SEAFORD HARBOR: RENTAL WANTED: apt or studio. Sandy survivor seeks to move back to Seaford Harbor. Call Don 516-428-8916 LM0619

APARTMENTS FOR SALE / CONDOS BROOKLYN

1020

Bed Stuy Get more bang for your buck with this LARGE 1007 SqFt condo ,located on a beautiful tree lined block .$600,000. NEGOTIABLE . 347-493-6976 HS0506

MANHATTAN

6020

RONKONKOMA / NOB HILL – End unit, second floor, 2BR condo. Pergo & new tile in kitchen bath & balcony. Pool & tennis/ $222K. Call Owner 631-806-3488 LM0318

Stunning Southold Condo, gated, 55+, 2bd/ 2ba, full basement with cedar storage, pool, clubhouse. Call Bonnie Boeger, RES of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at (C) 631-662-1983, (0) 631-941-3100 LM0120

HOUSE FOR RENT 6030 PLAINVIEW. 3 Year Old Colonial! 4BR, 3 baths, 22’ EIK with island, 15’ FDR, 30’ MBR Suite. Huge Bsmt. Job Relocation Forced Sale. $5,100. Realtor 516-316-8551 LM0708

NEW YORK STATE 7020

LM0515

LONG ISLAND CONDO FOR SALE

3020

KEW GARDENS CONDO FOR SALE. 116-24 Grosvenor Lane. Modern & renovated 2BR, 1 bath, balcony, gym, common room, rooftop terrace, concierge. Low floor. Immediate parking available. Walk to temple. Asking $499K. Call Jason at Prime Realty 718-229-2922 LM1113

LONG ISLAND

NEW YORK STATE

OUT OF STATE

QUEENS

2020

NYC, West End Avenue, 84/85 St. lg 7rm Condo for sale. 2500 sf, 5 BR, 3 bths Drmn bldg, no bkrs, $ 4.75M 917806-5080 HS0311

Winter and Summer Vacation Rental. Beautiful nine Bedroom house in South Fallsburg, New York, (sleeps up to twenty five), two fireplaces, huge kitchen and dining room, living room, oversized porch. Available for family retreats. Please call 347-309-8485 to reserve your weekend. CB0217 Scarsdale is located in beautiful Westchester County a residential community only 24 miles north of New York City and rated as a leading upscale community, has an outstanding school system with 99% of its graduates going on to higher education. There are over 20 parks and playgrounds, 26 public tennis courts, a municipal pool, and two 18-hole golf courses with Scarsdale Boundaries. The downtown Village Center, with its Tudor architecture, has a variety of stores, professional offices and residential units and the Metro North Railroad. It so situated so that you can enjoy city life, suburban life, country life and ocean life within relatively short distances.

114 BIRCHALL DRIVE. OPEN HOUSE SATURDAYS 2-3:30PM OR APPOINTMENT.. Call Ray 212 602 1137 This house is located in the prestigious Murray Hill location near the finest school system, five minutes from the Metro North and thirty five minutes outside of Manhattan. Truly a great value being offered by a Motivated Seller. .Built in 1933 as a small mansion on one acre, this house has been upgraded to a larger home with attached 2 car garage for a growing family. Enter into a formal foyer with half bath right into a large country kitchen, granite island with bright breakfast area leading into Mother-in-law or Media Room. The house has a formal 35 foot long dining room with fireplace and wet bar. The 1400 sf. family room contains three exposures, a 30ft cathedral ceiling, and a second fireplace. Exit onto onto a wrapdeck which spirals down to a 600 sf. patio overlooking the rear of the property / gardens. The second floor features 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a master bedroom with cathedral ceiling, and a Romeo Juliet balcony overlooking the family room. Marble Master bathroom with jacuzzi tub and separate glass shower. Servants’ quarters converted into bedroom and laundry room. The basement level features large rec- room with Lap Pool and lower den with FDR fireplace. Exit the den onto a large patio overlooking large rear property, with babbling brook ample for garden & children’s play.

OUT OF STATE

8020

CONDO FOR SALE FLORIDA BAL- HARBOR/RITZ CARLTON Great investment w/income potential Rarely avail 2 BR.2 ½ bth,sub-P/H suite in best line (14/15) w/ spectacular ocean & city views ,pvt foyer & elev.fully furn designer décor, world class amenities & services the ONLY deeded garage space in hotel Nr “The Shul “ Contact Douglas Elliman R.E Betsey Lee Turner 305-310-6888 HS0115

HOUSES FOR RENT BROOKLYN

AVE L & M/ NEW YORK AVE. 3BR, 2 floors, 1 ½ baths, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, hook-up for washer & dryer available. Master bedrm has balcony. Also available, bsmt apt with separate entrance. Owner 718-554-1001 LM0317 Ave N/ Bedford, Very large,Mod,1 Fam,3 BR 2 Bth,Duplex, pvt drv,gar,lrg deck,Must See1 $3,950, Bkr 718-382-4839 HS0610

NEW YORK STATE 7030 DOBBS FERRY- 2BR with porch, W/D, parking, close to schools & transportation. Good schools! 20 minute train ride to Manhattan. No pets. Available immediately. 917-838-9040 LM1209

CHARMING 1880 WHALERS HOME. Near Sag Harbor on Ferry Road, bay access, greenery: 4BR, 2 baths, fireplace, remodeled kitchen/ bath. (10/15-6/30): $3,500 per month; Or (10/15-5/23): $2,500/ month. Call/ text 303476-0159 LM1016

QUEENS

NEW JERSEY SEASIDE HEIGHTS: OPEN HOUSE Sat/Sun 1-4, 1 Blvd New Condos Starting @ $399,900 Ocn & Bay views 1 Blk-Bch shopping & restaurants, upgrades everywhere. Mike Seaside Rlty Inc 732-330-6651 HS0527

YOUNGSVILLE, NY (CATSKILLS) CHARMING LARGE FARM HOUSE ON 16 ACRES W BARN & DETACHED 2 CAR GARAGE, 3-4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, LARGE ATTIC AND BASEMENT. CLOSE TO DELAWARE WATER ACTIVITIES AND BETHELWOODS ART CENTER. ASKING $225.000. CALL OWNER AT 201-681-7980

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1030

3030

FLUSHING, N.Y. Location, Location, 3BR TUDOR detached. Garage, Kitchen w/new SS appliances, Large Dining Rm, Living Rm w/ Fireplace, Sun Porch, W/D Walking Distance to Synagogue, near all LIRR. 10 min to Whitestone Br. MLS + 2% rebate. Asking $888.000. Call 718-308-7184 www.choicearea. com HS1211

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REAL ESTATE LAGRANGE TOWN OF, $350,000

RANCH ON .66 ACRES, BUILT 1957, 1983 SQ FT, 7 RMS 2 BATH, 4 BED RMS, LIV RM, DIN/SUN RM 14 X 24, FAM/ TV RM, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY RM OFF KITCH, BASEMENT 250 SQ FT BEDROOM WITH BATH + 2 CLOSETS, 2 CAR GARAGE. IN GND POOL,16 X 32, 12 X 12 SHED. HOT WATER BB HEAT, 200 AMP ELEC SVC, CENTRAL AIR, KITCHEN REMAKE 2010, 3 OVENS, HARD WOOD FLRS THRUOUT, RECENTLY FINISHED PATIO AND WALKWAYS, NEW LANDSCAPING, MANY EXTRAS, ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMBINED TAXES 2015 $5278, 12 MINUTES FROM METRO NORTH OR TSP. 845-471-6874 OR JJD414GC@AOL.COM (APPOINTMENT ONLY)

OUT OF STATE

8030

DEAL, NJ. Outstanding Townhouse in the Heart of Deal. Living room, dining room, designer kitchen, 4BR, 3 ½ baths, full fin bsmt with BR & bath. Garage. $3,800/ month. Credit check. Call Dot Schulze Agency 732-229-2600 LM0902

HOUSES FOR SALE BROOKLYN

1040

GRAVESEND (PRIME). 2 family, double buildable, 40x100 lot, $1.375 Million. 2360 & 62 East 1st Street. Barbara Puccia RealtyBrokerage Cell 718-755-1609 www.BarbaraPuccia.com LM0127

QUEENS

BRONX

4040

* NE Bronx Residential Area * 3 BR Duplex, lg rms., fin bsmt, 2 complete mod bths, lg fenced bkyd, Mod Kit, garage + driveway. Priced to sell! Call owner 718-882-4665 MK0220

STATEN ISLAND

782145

Spacious Lakefront With Water Views Single Family 5 Bdrms – 2 Master Bdrms w/Sep Bths, 4.5 Bths All, LR, DR, Gourmet Kit, 3 Car Gar, Huge Lake w/Endless Boating & Fishing, Private Boat Dock Can Be Built

ASKING $625K BY OWNER 443-875-9204

CATSKILL MT./ HUDSON VALLEY HOME FOR SALE 4 BEDROOM HOME INLAW APART. OFFI CE SUITE 2 1/2 HRS FROM NYC FLEXIBLE SPACE ADD. LAND AVAIL SUITABLE FOR FAMILY COMPOUND WWW.24JOELMAUSTIN.COM 518 622-9647 LM1002

SPACIOUS TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DEAL, NJ. THREE LEVELS, 3/4 BEDROOMS, 3-1/2 BATHS, BASEMENT, GARAGE AND MORE. WALK TO BEACH, SHOPPING, HOUSES OF WORSHIP. EASY LIVING ON THE JERSEY SHORE. PRICED TO SELL @ $548,000. CALL MARY TAWIL @ 732-693-8210.

7040 WOODBOURNE, NY. Magical 101 acres with breathtaking views, lake & pond & 3 homes. Main house has 5BR, 3 full baths & 2 swimming pools. 2nd house has 4BR & 2 ½ baths. 3rd house has 2BR & 1 bath. Garage has studio for caretaker. Must see! Best offer! Call Owner 718-938-4130 LM0106

OUT OF STATE

8040

5040

Staten Island Mountaindale: 3 BRs. htd Fl arm, fin bsmt, 2 bths, lg EIK, some furniture. Heated & A/c’s. Mint condition. All new appliances. Nr. shul. 917-453-6926. HS0729

LONG ISLAND

6040

WATERMILL. BEST VALUE! Charming, updated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Lush landscaping, hot tub, outdoor shower and white marble kitchen with stainless accents! Adjacent to horse farms, minutes to Flying Point Beach, Bridgehampton & Southampton. Must be seen! $929K. By Owner! Please Call 516-317-1455 sandrakaren@ aol.com LM0819 MANHASSET. THE CHATHAM. Huge 7BR, 5 baths & Club! Corner house. Lot size 4,400 sq ft +. Indoor & outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, gym, etc. 24 hour doorman. $1.68 Million. Agent Sandy 917-299-2545 LM0715

TOMS RIVER. 2BR, 1 & ½ baths, Enlarged & Remodeled Sussex, Great loc, L/R, D/R, kitchen with oak cabinets. Den, Garage, Gas heat, A/C, Hardwood floors, Sprinkler system on well. Move-in cond. $157,900 OBO. 732-286-1012 LM1223

FLORIDA

9080

No. Miami Beach. 4 houses for sale in heart of Jewish community. Also Miami Bch. Lic Real Estate Broker Call Erica 305-761-1612 CB0127 KEY WEST. CONDO FOR RENT. January 7- January 14, 2017. 2BR’s, 2 baths, $1,800. 631-722-3026 LM1216 WEST PALM BEACH, FL. CONDOS FOR SALE. Century Village. Short walk to temple. 561-716-5397 LM0127

3040

KGH- 68TH RD. Well kept det. Lot 48 x 100. 4BR/ 3 baths, laundry, office, large EIK, 2nd floor BR with balcony. 347455-0066 HS0902

FOR SALE • ORLANDO VICINITY

NEW YORK STATE

Waterford, CT $749,000. 6bed, 4.5bath home. Au pair/In law/ Close to beaches/ New London. Outdoor pool. Tranquil/quiet. Immaculate like new! Call 806-912-3377 HS0821 MANCHESTER- New construction, 4BR, 2.5 baths colonial. Basement, 2 car garage, decorative molding, hardwood floors thru-out. $364,900. All offers! 908-330-8964 LM1230

PLOTS FOR SALE

9065

2 GARDEN CRYPT, Eye Level at Holmdel Cemetery. Valued $12,000. Asking $8,500. 908783- 8475 LM0324 PLOT FOR SALE: ROSEHILLS MEMORIAL PARK. Beautiful elevated GARDEN E level 5. $7,500 or best offer. 203-595-5414 LM0217 ROSEHILL CEMETERY IN PUTNAM VALLEY. Lovely double cemetery plots. Asking $3,000. Call 845-225-8019 LM1209 BETH DAVID CEMETERY, ELMONT, NY. Two single plots. $4,000 neg. for both plots. Good location. Row CC. Graves 3 & 4. Call 954-472-3429 LM0310

FRANKLIN LAKES. GATED RETREAT ON 3 PRIVATE ACRES, ELEVATOR, LAVISH GOURMET KITCHEN, EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES, $1,899,999. DEBBIE 201-925-7667 OR WWW.811COLONIAL ROADFRANKLINLAKES.COM LM0113

Mill Basin Exclusive: Semi attached 1 family 6.5 room 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath duplex. Full finished basement. Parking..ASKING $569,000 JS511 2 Family Attached BRICK. Owner has 6.5 rooms duplex. 3 bedrroms, 3 baths, private parking for 2 cars, yard and deck. 4 room. 2 bedrooms Rental JS510...........................$889,000 BEST SELLER #1 Properties 718.646-6900

WESTHAMPTON DIVORCE SALE! Almost new waterfront French chalet. 5 bedrooms, 5 baths. Must sell! $1.5 million. Brokers welcome. 631-903-7582 LM0715 SOUTHAMPTON- BISHOPS POND. BY OWNER. 4BR Townhouse, pond and field views, first floor master, finished basement, many upgrades, never lived in. Perfect condition! $1,995,000. OWNER 917-214-1573 LM0701 MERRICK-WATERFRONT HOME, HAMPTONS IN MERRICK, 4BR, 2.5 BA, Dock your boat in backyard, 2 car garage, Low taxes. No damage from Sandy. Walking distance to house of worship. $839K 516-532-4626 CENTER MORICHES. By Owner. 4 Crosby St. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, living room, den, 2.5 car garage with shop. $319,000. Call 631-987-5764 LM0501

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